Recaps

Tang Wen subdued Yan Beitian and discovered that an intestinal growth was causing the former fourth-rank master’s severe illness. Yan Beitian agreed to treatment, but his plans to return to the Yan family seemed in danger as Tang Wen warned he might have less than six months to live.

• Yan Beitian cursed the Wu Family for abandoning him after his illness left him unable to protect their mine.
• Tang Wen revealed his strength by pinning Yan Beitian down and promised to cure him without demanding payment or loyalty.
• Tang Wen had Yan Beitian examined and found a purplish-blue growth attached to his intestinal wall.
• Yan Beitian described his daily diarrhea and rapid decline, and Tang Wen warned that he might not live another six months.
• Yan Beitian recalled his rise to fourth-rank mastery and lamented that he might never return to the Yan family to confront those who cast him out.

Tang Wen removed a Gu from Yan Beitian, learned about the Yan Family’s cultivation methods, and accepted Yan Beitian into the Tang Family. He then chose to visit Black Tortoise City to obtain resources for cultivating experts.

• Yan Beitian described the Yan Family’s influence, his exile after being framed, and his ambition to return and take revenge.
• Yan Beitian knelt and pledged lifelong loyalty to Tang Wen, who insisted he was a person and promised to do everything he could to save him.
• Tang Wen examined Yan Beitian and removed a Gu that Yan Beitian believed had been planted by his eldest uncle to hinder his cultivation.
• Yan Beitian explained that he had practiced a heaven-rank high-grade method and hoped to learn the Yan Family’s profound-rank Frost Ice Technique.
• Tang Wen decided not to return to Yunhai City or open the 5,000-point gate, and instead crossed the 1,000-point gate to visit Black Tortoise City for elixirs.

Tang Wen returned to Black Tortoise City to rebuild the Cloud Garment Workshop, but discovered that half a year had passed there while he was away for about a month. After arranging construction, he visited Ku Mutong at Red Lake and learned that champagne had helped Ku Mutong obtain a high-grade Realm-Breaking Pill and reach the transcendent grade.

• Tang Wen examined a map of the Mysterious Heaven Continent and crossed to the Cloud Garment Workshop, where guards verified his identity before admitting him.
• Wu Zi told Tang Wen he had been gone for half a year, and Tang Wen decided to rebuild the burned workshop using the supplies he had brought.
• Wu Zi explained the costs of hiring craftsmen and warned Tang Wen that installing spirit stones in a Heavenly Treasure Pagoda required a Spirit Gathering Array.
• Wu Zi told Tang Wen that Ku Mutong had repeatedly asked to see him, so Tang Wen went to the Ku Family residence at Red Lake.
• Ku Mutong revealed that he had reached the transcendent grade after Tang Wen's champagne helped him obtain a high-grade Realm-Breaking Pill.

Tang Wen met Redbeard, an eccentric Origin-Gathering Realm expert, and traded food and wine for help with his cultivation. Redbeard began channeling three years' worth of cultivation into Tang Wen, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Ku Mutong told Tang Wen that Redbeard wanted Champagne and other goods in return for benefits, then took him to find the expert at Red Lake.
• Redbeard appeared in the Redwood Grove and criticized Tang Wen's aptitude, but warmed to his flattery and promised to help him surpass Ku Mutong.
• Tang Wen offered wine, braised pig's trotters, and other food, and Redbeard and Ku Mutong eagerly ate and drank it all.
• Redbeard judged that Tang Wen had only just reached Fifth-Rank Perfection and offered three years' worth of cultivation in exchange for more wine and food.
• Tang Wen supplied the requested goods, and Redbeard pressed a palm to his head and began transferring cultivation into him.

Tang Wen absorbed Redbeard’s transferred cultivation and stepped into the Fourth Rank, despite being unable to sense any conflict between their energies. After leaving Redbeard, Tang Wen learned he may have received ten years of cultivation instead of the promised three and gave Ku Mutong more wine, while Ku Mutong asked how many Spirit Stones he had left.

• Redbeard warned Tang Wen to circulate his cultivation art carefully while absorbing the donor’s true essence, and Tang Wen struggled to sense any conflicting energies.
• Tang Wen saw Redbeard’s glowing Popularity take the shape of a puzzled figure, then watched Redbeard pour even more cultivation into him as Ku Mutong cautioned that he might not withstand it.
• After six hours, Redbeard stopped transferring his power, and Tang Wen recovered and announced that he had reached the Fourth Rank.
• Redbeard privately regretted using ten years of cultivation instead of the promised three, while Tang Wen mistook his anguish for stinginess and gave him another hundred bottles of Grape Wine.
• Ku Mutong told Tang Wen that Redbeard had likely given him far more than three years of cultivation, and Tang Wen gave Ku Mutong three hundred bottles of wine at home.
• Ku Mutong refused to take Tang Wen’s wine without compensation and asked how many Spirit Stones Tang Wen had left.

Tang Wen arranged with Ku Mutong to promote his liquor in Black Tortoise City and use the profits to support the Cloud Garment Workshop. After learning about the Ku Family’s status and the Heavenly River Pavilion’s costly, cultivation-enhancing cuisine, he prepared for the dinner and taught Wu Zi how to assemble steel-framed buildings.

• Tang Wen offered Ku Mutong a commission for selling his liquor, and Ku Mutong agreed if they sold ten thousand bottles.
• Ku Mutong invited friends to dinner at the Heavenly River Pavilion while Tang Wen returned to the Cloud Garment Workshop to gather goods.
• Wu Zi explained that the Ku Family barely qualified as a second-tier lineage and that the Heavenly River Pavilion charged heavily for its expert chefs and medicinal dishes.
• Tang Wen packed liquor and food for the dinner, then taught Wu Zi how to assemble steel buildings using the Whiteboard computer’s videos.

Tang Wen began training Wu Zi's family in modern construction techniques and planned a mall, then attended a gathering at the Heavenly River Pavilion to meet Ku Mutong's powerful acquaintances. The gathering continued as more guests arrived, including two people with no martial arts cultivation.

• Tang Wen taught Wu Zi and his family electric welding and prefab construction, while planning a four- or five-story Tang Su Mei Mall in Black Tortoise City.
• Tang Wen and Wu Zi went to the Heavenly River Pavilion, where Tang Wen paid the reservation fee for Ku Mutong's private room and learned about the pavilion's founder and profits.
• Tang Wen entered the private room and met Ku Mutong's guests, including Zhang Chuanqi, Tian Haoyuan, Qi Hengjiang, and Duan Yu.
• More guests arrived and greeted the group; Tang Wen noticed that Chen Qijiang and Wei Meiyan knew no martial arts.

Tang Wen hosted a feast where Redbeard revealed he had given Tang Wen ten years of cultivation in exchange for wine, then enthusiastically sampled his food and drinks. The guests enjoyed the dishes and beverages, and Tian Haoyuan asked to buy several kinds of wine, chicken feet, and pig's trotters.

• Money Fool and Tian Haoyuan urged Tang Wen to begin the feast, but Ku Mutong said they were waiting for someone.
• Redbeard arrived, and Zhang Chuanqi and the other guests stood to welcome him.
• Redbeard complained that he had poured ten years of cultivation into Tang Wen after being drawn in by his wine, and Tang Wen promised him as much wine as he wanted.
• The guests sampled Tang Wen's pig's trotters, chicken feet, and drinks, then Wei Meiyan tricked them into soaking Three-Pattern Fish Slices in mustard.
• Redbeard and the guests tried Wusu beer with the fish, and Tian Haoyuan asked Tang Wen to sell him wine, beer, chicken feet, and pig's trotters.

Tang Wen sold imported food and drinks to the Black Tortoise City seniors and introduced novelty lighters and gift boxes, earning large orders. He left the gathering with plans to expand sales through Tang's Sumei Mall.

• Tang Wen claimed his goods came from the distant Mysterious Nether Domain and quoted prices for wine, beer, food, and other items.
• Tian Haoyuan, Zhang Chuanqi, and Qi Hengjiang placed large orders for drinks and food.
• Tang Wen offered a discount in exchange for a profound-rank cultivation method, but the seniors refused to trade one.
• Tang Wen invited the seniors to refer customers to Tang's Sumei Mall and promised referral payments.
• Tang Wen demonstrated windproof lighters with revealing images, prompting the seniors to order lighters, cigarettes, and gift boxes.
• Tang Wen brought a gift box to Duan Yu and Wei Yanhong and began to show them what was inside.

Tang Wen sold crowns and cosmetics to Black Tortoise City’s powerful residents, earning a fortune and promising to treat Qi Hengjiang’s injured leg. He planned to build a shopping complex and start a cement factory, but the next morning nearly two hundred craftsmen and apprentices arrived, far more than Wu Zi had hired.

• Tang Wen persuaded Wei Yanhong, Duan Yu, and others to buy crowns, then gave them cosmetics and perfume as gifts.
• Tang Wen examined Qi Hengjiang’s injured leg, learned that hidden hooks were embedded in his bones, and promised to find a way to treat him in a month.
• Tang Wen counted his earnings and decided to build a shopping complex in Black Tortoise City and establish a cement factory in the Chu Kingdom.
• Nearly two hundred craftsmen and apprentices arrived the following morning, and Wu Zi told Tang Wen he had not hired so many people.

Tang Wen negotiated with Wu Zi and Luo San over hiring craftsmen, then agreed to treat Wu Yunpeng’s son in exchange for a Spirit Gathering Array. He gathered the skilled craftsmen to teach them his unusual building methods, leaving them stunned by his glowing Whiteboard computer.

• Wu Zi admitted that Luo San had hired many expensive, highly ranked craftsmen, but Luo San said his friends would work for half their usual wages.
• Tang Wen agreed to hire the craftsmen after Wu Yunpeng offered his Nine-Nine Return-to-One Array if Tang Wen cured his son Wu Kui’s arm.
• Wu Yunpeng and Luo San learned of Tang Wen’s reputation for treating difficult injuries, while Tang Wen clarified that he had no Apothecary Guild rank.
• Wu Yunpeng challenged Tang Wen’s claim that his buildings were different, and Tang Wen gathered forty or fifty Fifth Rank and higher craftsmen to teach them.
• Tang Wen activated the Whiteboard computer, and Wu Yunpeng and the craftsmen gaped at the moving images of martial artists on its screen.

Tang Wen built a steel-frame supermarket and Medicine Hall in Black Tortoise City, then moved into his new home and introduced Wu Zi and Wu Yunpeng to modern comforts. As he prepared to open the shop, his cultivation improved, but he still failed to make connections with the powerful figures at the Heavenly Treasure Pagoda.

• Tang Wen taught Wu Yunpeng and the other master craftsmen to build with steel frames, and they completed a large shed in ten days.
• Tang Wen outfitted the shed as a supermarket and Medicine Hall, installed its equipment, and invited Redbeard, Ku Mutong, Qi Hengjiang, Swordless Li, and others to the opening.
• Tang Wen cultivated on the Heavenly Treasure Pagoda's top floor for over twenty days, reaching the peak of the early fourth rank but failing to befriend any powerful cultivators.
• Tang Wen moved into his new second-floor suite and showed Wu Zi, Wu Yunpeng, and the others the spring bed, which they found remarkably comfortable.

Tang Wen was warned that Xiao Sandao might attack his shop, then broke through to a higher cultivation level after Greenbeard struck him. He left the Heavenly Treasure Pagoda with the top-floor cultivators sampling his food and drinks and receiving advertisements for his supermarket.

• Luo San warned Tang Wen that Xiao Sandao might bring people to wreck his place during Qi Hengjiang's operation, and Tang Wen arranged for Brother Kumu to seek support.
• Tang Wen went to cultivate at the Heavenly Treasure Pagoda, where Greenbeard struck him for eating and Tang Wen's blocked qi broke through as he shouted back.
• Greenbeard and the other cultivators said the strike had helped Tang Wen advance, and he thanked Greenbeard by bringing out food and drinks.
• The top-floor cultivators sampled Tang Wen's products, turning the cultivation room into a dining hall.
• Greenbeard said they should repay Tang Wen, and Tang Wen introduced himself, promoted Tang's Sumei Supermarket, and handed out business cards.

Tang Wen received a fused store of cultivation and learned the Heavenly Wood Star-Pegasus Art under Zhuge Ziliang’s guidance. After impressing Zhuge with bulletproof gear, Tang received a family Command Token and promoted his upcoming supermarket to the gathered martial artists.

• Zhuge Ziliang fused the martial artists’ cultivation and transferred it into Tang Wen, then asked them for a Profound-Rank method for him.
• Meng Xiaoxing offered Tang the Heavenly Wood Star-Pegasus Art in exchange for Zhuge setting up a defensive array, and Zhuge guided Tang through the cultivation technique in a Ninefold Seven-Star Unification Grand Array.
• Tang secretly recorded Zhuge’s guidance on his phone and gave him a Bulletproof Vest, which Zhuge tested with a Treasure Sword and rewarded with high-grade spirit stones.
• Tang gave Zhuge pig’s trotters and a bulletproof helmet, and Zhuge accepted the helmet and gave Tang a Zhuge Family Command Token bearing the mark of Fangzhang Mountain.
• Tang told the martial artists they could buy more protective gear at Tang’s Sumei Supermarket when it opened in five days, then advertised its unusual and expensive goods.

Tang Wen visited Heavenly Tears Elder in Black Tortoise City, hoping to gain access to a superior-grade Void Bag and claiming he could cure the artificer's constant tears. After examining him, Tang Wen identified years of exposure to forge heat as the likely cause, but the chapter ended before he treated him.

• Zhuge Ziliang advised Tang Wen to price his Bulletproof Vests highly and told him about Heavenly Tears Elder, an artificer who could make superior-grade Void Bags.
• Tang Wen went to Heavenly Tears Elder's residence with gifts, but Xiang Wu initially refused to let him in.
• Tang Wen claimed he could cure Heavenly Tears Elder and wagered his head, so Xiang Wu carried him into the courtyard.
• Heavenly Tears Elder agreed to let Tang Wen examine him, and Tang Wen used a Small Flashlight Lens to inspect his eyes.
• Tang Wen connected Heavenly Tears Elder's tears to years of exposure to furnace heat while forging artifacts.

Tang Wen won Heavenly Tears Elder’s trust by showing him the Bulletproof Vest and agreed to examine and treat his eyes after treating Qi Hengjiang. Later, Xiao Sandao arrived at Tang’s Sumei Supermarket with his followers, where they waited for a crowd before confronting Tang Wen.

• Tang Wen told Heavenly Tears Elder that his eyes might be treatable and arranged to examine him again that afternoon after treating Qi Hengjiang.
• Heavenly Tears Elder recognized Zhuge Ziliang’s silver Fangzhang Token and accepted Tang Wen’s assurances that he meant no harm.
• Tang Wen demonstrated the Bulletproof Vest’s strength on a dog, and Xiang Wu bought one for twenty high-grade spirit stones.
• Xiao Sandao and his followers arrived at Tang’s Sumei Supermarket and waited outside, hoping to confront Tang Wen before an audience.
• Ku Mutong arrived with Redbeard and his group, prompting Xiao Sandao to follow them inside.

Tang Wen faced skepticism from Xiao Sandao and the Apothecary Guild after they dismissed his ability to treat Qi Hengjiang's leg. Li Yue defended Tang Wen, then Qi Hengjiang agreed to undergo treatment and Tang Wen used a CT Scanner to plan the surgery.

• Xiao Sandao and the other apothecaries arrived at Tang Wen's Medicine Hall and reacted with curiosity to his soft sofa chairs.
• Qi Hengjiang and Xifang Feiwen arrived, and Xiao Sandao and Chen Qingyang claimed Qi Hengjiang's leg could not be treated.
• Li Yue arrived and told the apothecaries that Tang Wen had healed her injury after they had failed to help her.
• Old Man Tianlei and Xiang Wu arrived, and Tang Wen led Qi Hengjiang into the inner room to begin treatment.
• Tang Wen scanned Qi Hengjiang with the CT Scanner, located the hook in his leg, and moved him to the operating room for surgery.

Tang Wen successfully operated on Qi Hengjiang and treated Heavenly Tears Elder, impressing the Apothecary Guild with his medical tools and skill. He invited the apothecaries to join his Medicine Hall, but none accepted immediately.

• Tang Wen used local anesthesia and specialized instruments to remove broken hooks from Qi Hengjiang's thigh, then explained how his tools had helped him locate them.
• Xiao Sandao left after Li Yue challenged him, while Chen Qingyang and the other apothecaries praised Tang Wen and asked about his instruments.
• Tang Wen showed the apothecaries CT images of Qi Hengjiang's thigh and offered to rent out the scanner and sell surgical tools through his Sumei Supermarket.
• Tang Wen treated Heavenly Tears Elder by connecting his blocked tear duct to his nostril, and the elder promised to arrange what Tang Wen needed.
• Tang Wen invited the apothecaries to work at Tang's Medicine Hall and learn to use his machines, but no one responded.

Tang Wen tried to recruit Heavenly Tears Elder by offering him a place to stay and asking him to arrange superior surgical instruments, but the elder remained wary of the offer. Tang Wen then learned that Qi Hengjiang had recovered quickly after taking a rare Flesh-Regenerating Pill.

• Tang Wen offered apothecaries paid positions, but none signed up.
• Heavenly Tears Elder agreed to ask his senior brother Ou Yunzi to refine surgical instruments and a treasured saber, while he and Xiang Wu discussed Tang Wen’s attempt to recruit him as a protector.
• Tang Wen wondered what he could offer Heavenly Tears Elder, who already had wealth, cultivation techniques, and access to elixirs.
• Tang Wen found Qi Hengjiang walking in the courtyard the afternoon after surgery and urged him to rest so his wound would not reopen.
• Qi Hengjiang showed Tang Wen that his wound had nearly healed and credited a Flesh-Regenerating Pill he had earned from the City Lord’s Residence.

Tang Wen met Tu Qianqiu, the famed maker of Flesh-Regenerating Pills, and persuaded him to stay at Cloud Garment Workshop to learn how to use Heavenly Water. Tu Qianqiu agreed to remain for half a month and marveled at the workshop’s modern amenities.

• Qi Hengjiang told Tang Wen that Tu Qianqiu made expensive Flesh-Regenerating Pills and had rebuffed both the City Lord’s Residence and the Apothecary Guild.
• Tu Qianqiu appeared in the courtyard, grabbed Tang Wen, and demanded that he take him to the Heavenly Water.
• Tang Wen explained that Tu Qianqiu could not identify or safely use the Heavenly Water without his instructions.
• Tu Qianqiu offered Tang Wen high-grade Flesh-Regenerating Pills and Antidote Pills in exchange for instructions, and Tang Wen said the lessons would require a half-month stay.
• Tang Wen showed Tu Qianqiu a room and its bathroom, shower, electric lamp, and Simmons mattress, leaving the old apothecary amazed.

Tang Wen began learning pill refining from Tu Qianqiu and traded a freezer for the elder’s worn-out Spirit Stone furnace and pills. The chapter ended with Tang’s Sumei Supermarket opening the next morning.

• Tu Qianqiu offered to teach Tang Wen the Pill Dao and demonstrated his fire-attributed Spirit Stone Pill Furnace.
• Tang Wen learned that Tu Qianqiu’s furnace was wearing out and heard how expensive it was to refine pills with it.
• Tu Qianqiu paid Tang Wen over a hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones for his remaining Three-Stripe Fish and brandy.
• Tang Wen offered Tu Qianqiu a freezer in exchange for pills and his worn-out Spirit Stone furnace.
• Tu Qianqiu accepted the freezer, and Tang Wen taught him how to operate it and replace its storage batteries.
• Tang’s Sumei Supermarket held its grand opening at ten the next morning.

Tang Wen’s Sumei Supermarket drew huge crowds with its weapons, protective gear, food, and household goods, selling most of its stock in six days. As he prepared to travel back to restock, Fan Ni and Fan Dongfeng arrived at the Cloud Garment Workshop with armed guards and hostile intentions.

• Tang Wen welcomed guests to the opening with support from Tu Qianqiu, City Lord’s Residence officials, and many friends, while Tu Qianqiu mocked the Apothecary Guild’s representatives.
• Redbeard and other guests sampled ice cream and discussed Tang Wen’s bulletproof gear, which Wei Yun praised as superior to the Heavenly Weapon Pavilion’s products.
• Wu Zi’s staff demonstrated the bulletproof vests and helmets, prompting wealthy martial artists to buy them while other customers purchased food, swords, lighters, and household goods.
• The supermarket sold out of most of its stock over three days, leaving Tang Wen unable to replenish it and eager to return to the Chu Kingdom for supplies.
• Fan Ni and Fan Dongfeng arrived at the Cloud Garment Workshop with dozens of armed household guards, and Tang Wen saw their angry Popularity before Fan Ni confronted him.

Fan Dongfeng and Fan Ni confronted Tang Wen over Sumei Supermarket’s cheap middle-grade treasure swords, but Tu Qianqiu and Redbeard helped him negotiate a deal with the Mystic Treasure Pavilion. With the shop still at risk and his cultivation too weak to protect it, Tang Wen asked whether he could buy Tu Qianqiu’s rare Qi-Coalescing Pill.

• Fan Dongfeng and Fan Ni accused Tang Wen of disrupting trade by selling middle-grade treasure swords cheaply, and Tu Qianqiu threatened anyone who tried to destroy Sumei Supermarket.
• Redbeard backed Tang Wen, and Fan Ni threatened to sell the Pavilion’s swords at half price while Tang Wen refused to yield on his own price.
• Tang Wen agreed to buy five hundred high-grade treasure swords from the Mystic Treasure Pavilion for fifty low-grade spirit stones each in exchange for the Pavilion selling fewer middle-grade swords.
• Redbeard and Tu Qianqiu warned Tang Wen that he needed stronger cultivation and hired experts to protect his business after they left.
• Redbeard proposed using Tu Qianqiu’s high-grade Qi-Coalescing Pill to help Zhuge Ziliang absorb stored cultivation, but the pill’s cost was said to be three hundred high-grade spirit stones.
• Tang Wen asked Tu Qianqiu whether he could trade spirit stones for the Qi-Coalescing Pill.

Tang Wen traded high-explosive grenades for a Synthesis Pill, advanced his cultivation, and arranged for Redbeard and Tu Qianqiu to protect Sumei Supermarket before returning to Su Mei Island. There, he found Tang Hao newly at the fifth rank and stopped him from challenging Gu Hanyan, who had reached fifth-rank perfection.

• Tang Wen demonstrated a high-explosive grenade to Tu Qianqiu and Redbeard, then traded five grenades for a Synthesis Pill and advanced to the late fourth rank with their help.
• Tang Wen gave grenades to Tu Qianqiu, Redbeard, and Wu Zi in exchange for their help protecting Sumei Supermarket.
• Redbeard and Tu Qianqiu moved into the Cloud Garment Workshop, and ten days later Tang Wen left Black Tortoise City with spirit stones, Spirit Pills, Treasure Swords, and other supplies.
• Tang Wen returned to Su Mei Island and found Tang Hao had reached the fifth rank after training with the Wind-Thunder Art and the resources Tang Wen provided.
• Tang Hao challenged Gu Hanyan to a fight, but Tang Wen warned him that she was at fifth-rank perfection and could defeat him in one move.

Tang Wen emerged from cultivation to find Ridge-Sea Academy threatening Su Mei Island, then faced down Zhao Shilong amid a standoff between the academy fighters and the Tang family. The confrontation escalated when the recovering Yan Beitian demonstrated powerful long-range astral force.

• Gu Hanyan revealed she had reached fifth-rank perfection, and Tang Hao stormed away after Tang Wen teased him.
• Luo Yiwu told Tang Wen that Zhao Shilong and Ridge-Sea Academy had attacked island residents and threatened to invade unless Tang Wen appeared within ten days.
• Tang Wen returned to the camp and insulted Zhao Shilong, who threatened him and the island with the navy.
• Tang Hao and the island's guards rallied to protect Tang Wen, while Li Xiongba restrained Tang Hao and gagged him.
• Yan Beitian arrived and blasted a wooden post from a distance with a fist strike, astonishing Zhao Shilong, Li Xiongba, and Gu Hanyan.