Chapter Summaries

Tang Wen returned to the Chu Kingdom to arrange equipment and supplies for Black Rock Island, then learned the War Dragon Sect expected him to compete in the Dragon Ranking. After refusing, he impressed the sect’s leaders with his strength, but Liu Zhi insisted the tournament was a valuable opportunity.

• Tang Wen reviewed his improved system stats, while his people prepared a steel mill site and strengthened his Personal Guard Team.
• Tang Wen returned to the Chu Kingdom and assigned Zhao Jiang tasks to buy machinery, ships, weapons, construction materials, and wind turbines for his expanding operations.
• Luo Xue told Tang Wen the War Dragon Sect wanted him to compete in the Dragon Ranking, but he refused and switched off his phone.
• Luo Xue arrived with Tan Tianqiang and Liu Zhi, and Tang Wen matched Tan Tianqiang’s grip before throwing Liu Zhi through a window during their strength test.
• Liu Zhi told Tang Wen that the War Dragon Ranking mattered to both the sect and the country, and Tang Wen questioned whether they were trying to force him before Liu called it a great opportunity.

Tang Wen agreed to fight for the War Dragon Sect after learning he could earn ginseng fluid from its mysterious Millennium Ginseng King. He defeated Yang Xiao and entered the underground palace with Liu Zhi and Linghu Xue, where they discovered clues about the ginseng’s connection to an ancient woman’s corpse.

• Liu Zhi explained that the War Dragon Sect’s Millennium Ginseng King could produce humanlike sounds and offered Tang Wen ginseng fluid if he fought for the sect.
• Tang Wen, Liu Zhi, and Linghu Xue traveled to the guarded underground palace, where Yang Xiao challenged them before allowing entry.
• Linghu Xue fought Yang Xiao alone, was defeated, and lost her chance to enter unless Tang Wen brought her along.
• Tang Wen struck Yang Xiao with overwhelming force, revealed that he had reached the half-step transcendent-grade realm, and secured permission to take Linghu Xue inside.
• Yang Xiao led them through the underground palace, explaining that its ancient female owner’s dried corpse had the Millennium Ginseng King planted on her skull, with its roots embedded in her body.

Tang Wen discovered that Shangguan Chuqing had been trapped inside a flower by the Demon-Devouring Ginseng and helped her escape. After his Heavenly Insect devoured the ginseng and formed a symbiosis with him, Tang Wen gained the ability to grow wings and fly, while Shangguan Chuqing fell into a deep sleep.

• Tang Wen identified the underground palace's flowers as a Spirit Gathering Array and heard Shangguan Chuqing call for help from inside the flower.
• Shangguan Chuqing revealed that Zhongli Zi had trapped her with the Demon-Devouring Ginseng to seize her primordial spirit, and she promised to serve Tang Wen if he freed her.
• Tang Wen ordered his Heavenly Insect to tear open the flower, and Shangguan Chuqing crawled out as a wisp of bluish smoke.
• Shangguan Chuqing told Tang Wen that devouring the Demon-Devouring Ginseng would give his Heavenly Insect her cultivation and a wisp of her primordial spirit, so Tang Wen ordered it to eat the ginseng.
• After three hours, the Heavenly Insect swallowed the ginseng, entered Tang Wen's body, and formed a symbiosis with him.
• Tang Wen grew wings and flew through the underground palace, while Shangguan Chuqing returned to her shriveled body and fell into a deep sleep; the system then updated its data.

Tang Wen compensated the War Dragon Sect for consuming its Millennium Ginseng King and returned to Yunhai City with Linghu Xue to help her prepare for the Dragon Ranking tournament. At the Heluo Club, Cao Wuxin and Tang Wen struck a group of young men who insulted them.

• Tang Wen gave the War Dragon Sect Spirit Stones, Spirit Pills, and Little Vermilion Fruits in compensation for the Millennium Ginseng King, and the sect accepted his offer to take the female corpse.
• Liu Zhi arranged for Linghu Xue to cultivate with Tang Wen and said they would go to Kongtong Mountain for the Dragon Ranking tournament.
• Cao Wuxin and Linghu Xue argued over staying at Tang Wen's villa, then fought; Linghu Xue lost, and Tang Wen offered both women cultivation resources to end the dispute.
• Tang Wen, Cao Wuxin, Luo Xue, and Linghu Xue went to the Heluo Club, where Cao Wuxin slapped a young man who insulted her.
• When the young man threatened Cao Wuxin, Tang Wen slapped him and sent him tumbling across the floor.

Tang Wen defended Cao Wuxin from Li Zigang and forced Li Hechun to apologize after Zhao Jiang revealed Tang Wen’s authority over the Tang Su Mei Group. Half a month later, after the women advanced their cultivation, Tang Wen and his companions set off by helicopter for the Dragon Ranking tournament at Kongtong Mountain.

• Tang Wen refused to leave the Heluo Club after hitting Li Zigang, and Li Zigang returned with his grandfather, Li Hechun, to confront him.
• Cao Wuxin slapped Li Zigang after he insulted her, and Tang Wen struck Li Hechun down when the elder attacked.
• Linghu Xue identified herself as part of the Linghu Lineage, and Li Hechun called Zhao Jiang for help.
• Zhao Jiang greeted Tang Wen as his chairman, reprimanded Li Hechun, and made him force Li Zigang to apologize; Tang Wen then supplied Tan Gongqiu with spirit stones and pills.
• Over the next half month, Cao Wuxin reached mid first rank, Luo Xue reached first-rank early stage, and Linghu Xue stabilized her early-stage cultivation.
• Tang Wen and the three women boarded a helicopter for the Dragon Ranking tournament at Kongtong Mountain and noticed an unfamiliar old man beside Liu Zhi.

Tang Wen was appointed the War Dragon Sect’s Eighth Elder and arrived at Mount Kongtong for the Dragon Ranking tournament. After other sect leaders doubted his age and abilities, he accepted Ge He’s challenge to refine a Qi Condensation Pill, leaving the onlookers baffled by his unusual furnace and fire.

• Liu Zhi told Tang Wen that the War Dragon Sect had appointed him Eighth Elder and Chief Inspector, while Gui Yuanyi urged him to place first in the Dragon Ranking tournament.
• Tang Wen traveled with the War Dragon Sect delegation to Mount Kongtong, where leaders from other sects gathered before the tournament.
• Luo Xue announced Tang Wen’s new title, and the assembled sect leaders were surprised to learn that he was only eighteen and competing in the tournament.
• Ge He challenged Tang Wen to a pill-refining contest, and Tang Wen agreed to refine a Qi Condensation Pill despite Gui Yuanyi’s objections.
• Ge He began preparing ingredients with a disciple tending his furnace, while Tang Wen started his own furnace and left the watching martial artists wondering how he was producing smoke without a fire-tending disciple.

Tang Wen proved his pill-refining skill by producing high-grade Qi Condensation Pills with ease, then sold his stock and drew the martial world’s attention before the Dragon Ranking tournament. The tournament began the next morning, with contestants drawing lots and the War Dragon Sect’s poor standing reflected in its late turn.

• Tang Wen refined high-grade Qi Condensation Pills while Ge He produced scorched semifinished pills, and Ge He conceded defeat and smashed his furnace.
• Tang Wen sold his Spirit Pills, and a martial artist who took one of his Realm-Breaking Pills advanced a rank before the stock sold out.
• Xiao Tianshou praised Tang Wen at the banquet, where Tang Wen was invited to the seat of honor and Elder Gui later shielded him from the toasts.
• Gui Yuanyi briefed the War Dragon Sect contestants on the tournament format and discussed possible dark horses, including Ming Yuan and Zhang Yifeng.
• The Dragon Ranking tournament opened with a drawing of lots, and Tang Wen’s turn came late because the War Dragon Sect had performed poorly in previous tournaments.

Tang Wen stunned the Dragon Ranking tournament by defeating one opponent after another, including the favored Ming Yuan, and revealed that he could use the Charm Technique. His winning streak left the War Dragon Sect in the spotlight as the tournament continued.

• Luo Xue explained that Elder Gui was entering the Earth Ranking tournament because the War Dragon Sect lacked competitors there, while the sect's five Dragon Ranking contestants prepared for their matches.
• Tang Wen knocked Zhang Long out of the arena with one palm, then Luo Xue, Linghu Xue, Feng Lingxiao, and Cui Jinggang each won their opening matches.
• Tang Wen defeated Liu Xinxiang by identifying her true body among the images created by her Three Plum Blossom Palms and flinging her off the arena.
• Ming Yuan beat Zhang Long after three hundred exchanges, while Tang Wen kept winning through the subsequent rounds and drew a crowd to arena three.
• Tang Wen used a seductive Charm Technique to distract Ming Yuan, slipped behind him, and kicked him out of the arena, leaving the spectators astonished.

Tang Wen absorbed popularity at the martial arts competition, gaining X-ray vision and telekinesis after Shangguan Chuqing shared a wisp of primordial spirit energy with him. During the break before the second round, he negotiated to help Yang Guxue break through in exchange for the Dragon Gate Sect’s mysterious pearl, which he recognized as a spatial box when it was opened.

• Tang Wen absorbed the martial artists’ popularity alongside the Heavenly Insect and Shangguan Chuqing, advancing his martial arts realm and popularity eye.
• Shangguan Chuqing gave Tang Wen a wisp of primordial spirit energy, awakening his X-ray vision and telekinesis, which he tested on Luo Xue.
• Tang Wen and Yang Guxue advanced undefeated, and Tang Wen later discovered his telekinesis thread could lift objects weighing a little over a hundred jin.
• Yang Guxue asked Tang Wen to help her break through in exchange for the Dragon Gate Sect’s mysterious pearl and an additional five hundred million.
• Tang Wen went with Yang Guxue to inspect the pearl, and he recognized that the jade box containing it was spatially expanded.

Tang Wen traded a purple pearl to the Dragon Gate Sect, absorbed its energy, and saw the Great Landlord System upgrade to 5.0. After learning that Yang Guxue had advanced and that his sale had angered the War Dragon Sect, he quit the sect and the Dragon Ranking competition, then discovered first place offered ownership of a mysterious island.

• Tang Wen traded the Dragon Gate Sect a Spirit Gathering Array and pills for three billion, then took the purple pearl back to absorb its energy.
• The pearl’s energy raised Tang Wen’s cultivation to Transcendent Grade great perfection, increased his system’s capacity, and upgraded the Great Landlord System to 5.0 with broader popularity rules.
• Zeng Kui and Jiang Nong celebrated Yang Guxue’s advance to mid-stage Transcendent Grade and mocked Tang Wen for helping her.
• Gui Yuanyi, Liu Zhi, Linghu Xue, and Luo Xue confronted Tang Wen over his sale, and Tang Wen quit the War Dragon Sect and withdrew from the Dragon Ranking competition.
• Gui Yuanyi told Tang Wen that first place won one of the Three Penglai Islands, a mysterious island with a protected forest, and Tang Wen said he would keep it for himself if he won.
• Liu Zhi told Tang Wen that the Dragon Gate Sect had sent him an invitation.

Tang Wen faced Yang Guxue’s advances and Cao Wuxin’s claim that he was her husband during a public confrontation and a banquet celebrating Yang Guxue’s cultivation. He stunned the gathered sect leaders by displaying far greater lightness skills and revealing his late-stage Transcendent Grade power, then left with Cao Wuxin as Yang Guxue vowed to challenge him.

• Liu Zhi told Tang Wen that the Dragon Gate Sect had invited the major sects to celebrate Yang Guxue reaching mid Transcendent Grade and showcase her as a contender for the Earth Ranking.
• Yang Guxue and Luo Xue argued over Tang Wen and Cao Wuxin, and Yang Guxue openly proposed marrying Tang Wen; Cao Wuxin arrived and demanded that Tang Wen marry her after the tournament.
• At the banquet, Yang Guxue invited Tang Wen to dance and demonstrated her lightness skills, prompting Cao Wuxin to insist that Tang Wen could surpass her.
• Tang Wen hovered motionless for thousands of seconds, circled above the Main Hall, and revealed late-stage Transcendent Grade power by knocking down a distant tree with a punch.
• Tang Wen carried Cao Wuxin through the air and told Yang Guxue that he had trained her and could subdue her, while Yang Guxue ran out crying and Gui Dongguo and Liu Zhi discussed recommending Tang Wen for Fifth Elder.

Tang Wen dominated the Dragon Ranking tournament and continued into the Earth Ranking, using his Telekinesis Thread to defeat senior martial artists and absorb their admiration as popularity. After reaching half-step Xiantian, he beat Zeng Kui and kept winning, emerging as the tournament’s overwhelming dark horse.

• Tang Wen secretly used the Heavenly Insect to fly Cao Wuxin through the night, then defeated Yang Guxue with one move and was acclaimed Dragon Ranking champion.
• Tang Wen, Yang Guxue, and Ming Yuan entered the Earth Ranking tournament, where Tang Wen advanced through the strength and lightness tests.
• Tang Wen tripped Master Kuxin with his Telekinesis Thread and knocked him off the platform, drawing powerful experts’ admiration and popularity.
• Tang Wen absorbed the popularity in the toilet and advanced to half-step Xiantian, while Cao Wuxin mistook his cries for constipation.
• Tang Wen bound Zeng Kui’s legs with his Telekinesis Thread and punched him off the platform.
• Tang Wen’s Telekinesis Thread grew stronger, and he defeated opponent after opponent to become the Earth Ranking tournament’s champion.

Tang Wen returned to Black Rock Island, expanded his industrial projects, and learned that Feng Jiuxue had become Linghai Province’s Six Fan Hall master. After donating supplies to strengthen the hall, he was ordered to lead five thousand troops against the Sun Kingdom with no funding, and suspected the Commander-in-Chief’s Office was targeting his family.

• Tang Wen refused Elder Mo’s invitation, so Liu Zhiliang barred him from Kongtong Mountain as Gui Yuan and Liu Zhi led the War Dragon Sect away.
• Tang Wen returned to Black Rock Island with supplies and ships, installed wind turbines, and began setting up equipment across several islands.
• Feng Jiuxue told Tang Wen about her promotion, her master’s Qi Nourishing Realm strength, and the worsening conflict with the Sun Kingdom; she also reported that Luo Ping'an had died fighting the Sun Gate.
• Tang Wen donated Spirit Stones and Spirit Pills to Linghai’s Six Fan Hall, while Chu Cong and Xiao Gai reported Chu Cong’s advancement to Transcendent Grade.
• Wei Yang ordered Tang Wen to take five thousand troops to defend western Jiangzhou Prefecture but provided no military funding, prompting Tang Wen and Feng Jiuxue to challenge the order and suspect deliberate obstruction.

Tang Wen confronted the Ridge-Sea Academy’s influence, revealed his transcendent-grade strength to Feng Jiuxue, and moved ahead with plans for his academy and industrial projects. Five days later, he prepared to lead an expedition against the bandits with Wan Hansong, Chu Zhao, and Six Fan Gate agents.

• Feng Jiuxue stopped Wei Yang from seizing Tang Wen’s troops without pay, securing a promise of one hundred thousand taels and agreeing to send Six Fan Gate agents with Tang Wen.
• Tang Wen asked Feng Jiuxue to investigate Deputy Regional Commander Kang Chenggang and vowed to challenge the Ridge-Sea Academy by establishing Su Mei Academy in the Provincial Capital.
• Tang Wen demonstrated his transcendent-grade completion by drawing a massive stone roller through the air, convincing Feng Jiuxue that he had the strength to protect himself.
• Luo Yiwu reported that Tang Jun had acquired seven or eight hundred mu around the Mei Residence, and Tang Wen ordered construction of Sumei Mall and Sumei Academy to begin.
• Tang Wen oversaw the installation and testing of the steelworks on Black Rock Island, while his workers prepared a freighter to transport steel.
• Wan Hansong, Chu Zhao, and Deputy Hall Master Ning Mei joined Tang Wen’s expedition; aboard the gunboat, Chu Zhao was impressed by Tang Wen’s weaponry.

Tang Wen planned and led a rescue of Zhang Daolin's stranded troops on White Crane Island, using divers, underwater mines, and gunboats to break the Sun Kingdom's blockade. After capturing Murano Kuro in the ensuing battle, Tang Wen's forces faced a new threat from the Sun Gate Dharma Protector Teng Tian Qiuye.

• Chu Zhao told Tang Wen that Zhang Daolin and Ding Zhendong were trapped on White Crane Island by Murano Kuro's forces, and Tang Wen proposed coordinating a rescue from inside and out.
• Tang Wen secretly reached the island, met Zhang Daolin, arranged a breakout in six hours, and supplied the starving troops with Compressed Biscuits.
• Tang Wen's divers planted timed underwater mines beneath enemy ships, then his gunboats opened fire as Zhang Daolin's soldiers launched their breakout.
• Tang Wen's forces fought the Sun Kingdom experts over the sea, and Tang Wen struck Murano Kuro down and captured him.
• Teng Tian Qiuye arrived as a Sun Gate Dharma Protector, and Tang Wen led his men forward to confront him.

After Tang Wen’s forces defeated the enemy fleet, he and his allies gained strength from the soldiers’ gratitude and established a camp on the island. Meanwhile, Wei Yang and Zhang Mingdong plotted to send Tang Wen to White Crane Island as a fief, where the Sun Kingdom and Sun Gate could kill him.

• Tang Wen wounded Teng Tian Qiuye with gunfire while the Heavenly Insect’s poison weakened him, and Teng Tianqiufeng helped him escape as Tang Wen’s forces finished routing the enemy.
• Tang Wen ordered burials and compensation for his fallen soldiers, then received the surviving troops’ gratitude and Popularity for the victory.
• Tang Wen used the Popularity to advance to early Xiantian, while Ximen Taigao, Lin Qian, Li Qian, Chu Zhao, and Wan Hansong also advanced in cultivation.
• Tang Wen led his troops onto the island to establish camp, while Ding Zhendong and Zhang Daolin reported the victory to their superiors.
• Wei Yang and Zhang Mingdong discussed the defeat, Feng Jiuxue’s arrest of Kang Chenggang, and the need to get Kang released.
• Wei Yang and Zhang Mingdong planned to make Tang Wen defend White Crane Island as a fief, leaving him exposed to the Sun Kingdom and Sun Gate.

Tang Wen fortified White Crane Island and discovered more than ten thousand people hiding in caves, whom he planned to recruit after they grew desperate. In Sea Saint City, Chu Cong returned sober and told his father, Chu Guang, that he had something important to discuss.

• Tang Wen ordered generators, troops, cannons, and supplies sent to White Crane Island while Wang Haiting searched the island for its missing inhabitants.
• Wang Haiting used drone footage to find several caves sheltering over ten thousand people led by He Tian and Steward Zhou.
• Tang Wen decided to approach the starving cave dwellers after letting them remain isolated for several more days, intending to recruit or buy them.
• Chu Guang scolded Chu Cong for drinking, but Chu Cong said he had gone south and had important matters to discuss.
• Chu Guang noticed that Chu Cong was sober and led him to the study.

Chu Cong told Duke Haisheng about Tang Wen’s achievements, and Chu Guang granted Tang Wen White Crane Island and a Guerrilla General’s post, treating the island as a test of his worth. Tang Wen arrived with troops to confront the people sheltering in a cave, and He Tian was surprised to learn the island belonged to him.

• Chu Cong revealed that Tang Wen had helped him advance to early transcendent grade and described Tang Wen’s wealth and military victories to Chu Guang.
• Chu Guang agreed to grant Tang Wen White Crane Island and recommend him for a Guerrilla General’s post, while Chu Cong offered to fight beside Tang Wen and was refused.
• Chu Cong returned to the Secret Agent Bureau for an assessment and possible promotion after reaching transcendent grade.
• Deputy General Wei Yang delivered the court’s appointment and rewards to Tang Wen at White Crane Island, including the Guerrilla General’s post and three hundred thousand merit points.
• Tang Wen led troops to surround the cave, announced his presence, and had porridge prepared to draw out its starving inhabitants.
• He Tian and his companions came out to meet Tang Wen, then He Tian stood in surprise when Tang Wen said the island was his.

Tang Wen brought White Crane Island’s refugees under the Tang household after defeating He Tian and Luo Kun, then used their popularity to advance to the middle Xiantian stage. He added five thousand troops to the Tang Family Army and prepared to return to the Black Tortoise Domain for supplies.

• Tang Wen showed He Tian the court’s land deed and offered White Crane Island’s residents a choice between joining the fight or selling themselves to the Tang household.
• He Tian and Luo Kun challenged Tang Wen, but he quickly defeated them and persuaded them to join the Tang household along with the island’s people.
• Luo Yiwu arranged contracts, and the popularity of over eighteen thousand residents helped Tang Wen reach the middle Xiantian stage as his system indices increased.
• Tang Wen and his allies selected five thousand of He Tian’s subordinates to join the Tang Family Army, while the rest were assigned to household duties.
• Tang Wen decided to return to the Black Tortoise Domain to replenish his supplies of elixirs and spirit stones.

Tang Wen expanded his businesses by installing wind turbines and mechanizing the Heavenly Gold Mountain mine, then returned to Black Tortoise City to handle a crush of medical patients. After completing a hundred operations and sleeping for two days, he woke to find an unfamiliar woman beside him.

• Tang Wen instructed Luo Kun and He Tian to defend White Crane Island while he traveled to the Western Lands for supplies.
• Tang Wen restocked Sumei Supermarket, installed wind turbines in Black Tortoise City and at Heavenly Gold Mountain, and trained martial artists to operate mining machinery.
• Tang Wen put Hong Wu in charge of securing the mine and decided to seek a Thought-Connecting Realm expert at Fangzhang Mountain.
• Tang Wen refused to let Shen Fu and Xu Long cut ahead in the surgery queue, despite their offers and threats.
• Tang Wen performed a hundred operations over eight days and nights, collapsed from exhaustion, and slept for two days.
• Tang Wen woke on the third morning and saw an unfamiliar long-haired woman sitting nearby.