Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tang Wen advanced through the Heaven Ranking tournament while defeating Blood Clan and Itō Sect opponents, and he secretly transformed the Iron Statue into a stronger Bronze Statue. As the final sixteen approached, the Black Eagle Gang prepared to strengthen Mike Lang so he could stop Tang Wen, while Tang Wen began restoring a powerful Blood Servant.

• Tang Wen defeated Luosi by draining his cultivation, then exchanged the Execution Axe for Blood Venerable and learned from Bu Zheng that powerful Guardians belonged to higher tiers.
• Bu Zheng advanced with Tang Wen's help and fought Fei Qiekong, while Tang Wen learned that several Great Xiantian Guardians were entering the Heaven Ranking tournament.
• Tang Wen and Shangguan Chuqing used Stone Statue Fruits and Essence Fluid to evolve the Iron Statue into a Bronze Statue, which could transform into clothing and reach the middle to late stages of Great Xiantian strength.
• Tang Wen killed Yamamoto Cangnong in their Death Match and killed Kuda Hideo when he attacked afterward, prompting the Itō Society to withdraw from the tournament.
• Tang Wen traded Stone Statue Fruits for a Blood Servant's corpse and bat corpses, then used blood, a Soul-Restoring Tree, and Life Pearl residue to try to restore the Blood Servant.
• Tang Wen and Hou Yuan, Feng Feifei, and Cao Wuxin advanced to the final sixteen, while Ke'ang returned to help Mike Lang prepare to fight Tang Wen and Yalisi warned that the Northern Ice Sect needed to respond.

Tang Wen won the Heaven Ranking tournament, returned to Su Mei Island to reunite with his family, and then went to Capital City, where he prepared to help the Mystery Character Court face the looming Three-Academy Grand Competition. After raising Jiang Chunshan to Yellow Realm Great Perfection, Tang Wen planned to challenge the secretive Yellow Character Academy, while Lin Yifeng entered its hidden city.

• Tang Wen killed Mike Lang with a stomp, then used his Quantum Gun against Ke'ang and the Black Eagle Gang members who charged him; later, the competition organizers announced that Ke'ang was brain-dead and the injured disciples were crippled.
• Tang Wen used the popularity he had accumulated to raise Bu Zheng to Martial Master Initial Stage, and Bu Zheng later defeated Yu Chang with a single punch after Yu Chang challenged him.
• Tang Wen won the Heaven Ranking tournament, with the War Dragon Sect placing fourth, fifth, and sixth; afterward, he returned to Su Mei Island and met his newborn twins, Tang Xia and Tang Chang'e.
• Tang Wen equipped a thousand-strong Personal Army, returned to Capital City, and arranged for the Tang Sect to recruit martial artists for construction and renovation work.
• Lin Yifeng and Wang Changhao told Tang Wen that Great Qin had gained outside support and that the Mystery Character Court risked dissolution if it finished last in the Three-Academy Grand Competition; Tang Wen decided to challenge the Yellow Character Academy with Jiang Chunshan.
• Tang Wen raised Jiang Chunshan to Yellow Realm Great Perfection, while Lin Yifeng entered the secret city of the Yellow Character Academy.

Tang Wen defeated the Inner Courtyard’s Law Enforcement Team, helped Lin Yifeng and two elders join the Tang Sect, and attracted rival academies seeking to recruit him. After Gao Gang brought him into the Yellow Character Court, Tang Wen clashed with its proud Snow Princess, Chu Xueyi, and the chapter ended with her demanding that he leave.

• Lin Yifeng told Tang Wen about his ancestor Lin Taiyuan and the suspicious deaths of generations of Lin family geniuses, and Tang urged him to investigate secretly.
• Zhang Ying led Inner Courtyard enforcers to demolish Tang Wen’s shops, but Tang defeated them and gained popularity as his cultivation advanced.
• Tang Wen persuaded Lin Yifeng, Ding Jingzong, and Yang Chaoran to join the Tang Sect, then raised their cultivation and gave them spirit talismans and techniques.
• Qiu San tried to have the elders punished, but Tang’s victory and the rival academies’ interest forced Gao Gang to summon Lin Yifeng and rush to recruit Tang.
• Gao Gang brought Tang Wen into the Inner Courtyard, where Tang defeated Yang Xiaotian and drew the attention of Chu Xueyi, who challenged his attitude and then demanded that he leave.

Tang Wen went to Phoenix Stronghold to investigate its plague and negotiate its entry into the Tang Sect, then fought a gigantic Heavenly Spider that had trapped his companions. With help from Shangguan Chuqing and the stronghold’s elders, he defeated the spider and saved them, though the chapter ended just after the battle.

• Tang Wen helped Yang Xiaotian reach Martial Apprentice Realm Great Perfection, while Chu Guang and Chu Cong recounted their lost titles and posts, and Tang Wen raised their cultivation.
• Tang Wen agreed to buy Phoenix Stronghold’s land and pay its taxes in exchange for its people joining the Tang Sect, after discovering that poisonous blackfish had caused the stronghold’s earlier plague.
• Tang Wen followed the Heavenly Insect into a cave, where poisonous creatures attacked the group and a vast Heavenly Spider trapped Yang Xiaotian, Tie Changlong, and the others.
• Tie Changlong and the elders agreed to Tang Wen’s terms, and the resulting Popularity surge helped Tang Wen break through to early Martial Apprentice Realm.
• Tang Wen combined anesthetic bullets, Shangguan Chuqing’s Primordial Spirit, and the elders’ attacks to kill Haoyue True Person and drain the Heavenly Spider’s venom.
• Tang Wen saved the trapped group, collected the spider’s remains, and watched Tie Changlong and the elders recover from the battle.

Tang Wen recruited Spirit Sage Academy disciples into the Tang Sect, uncovered the secret of the Heaven-Hating Madman imprisoned at the Eight Immortals Pavilion, and bargained with him for cultivation in exchange for a life-extending pill. The chapter left Tang Wen stronger but still entangled with Wu Ziqiu, while Chu Ping and Chu Tiangong continued plotting against the Tang Clan and its mall.

• Chu Jiangnan and his allies plotted to strip Tang Wen of his title, seize his islands, and weaken the Sea Saint King, while Chu Ping and Chu Tiangong planned to demolish the Tang Clan Mall and take Tang Wen's firearms.
• Tang Wen received ten unwilling Spirit Sage Academy disciples, demonstrated the Tang Sect's cultivation method, and used the Spirit Gathering Array to raise their cultivation; after seeing his strength, several disciples asked to join.
• Luo Jiu and Zhao Yinyue revealed that Wu Ziqiu, the Heaven-Hating Madman, had secretly trained them and ordered them to hide their strength, so Tang Wen told them to return to the Eight Immortals Pavilion discreetly.
• Tang Wen confronted Mo Ding when the Inspection Office tried to demolish the mall, and Jiang Chunshan forced Mo Ding and his men to retreat; Chu Ping and Chu Tiangong then resolved to use the Imperial Guards and firearms demands against Tang Wen.
• Tang Wen found Talisman Figures hidden in the Eight Immortals Pavilion's chess pieces and absorbed their power, but Wu Ziqiu trapped his telekinesis threads and drained him in retaliation.
• Tang Wen traded a One-Year Lifespan Pill for Wu Ziqiu's cultivation and reached the Early Martial Master Stage, then learned that Wu Ziqiu was imprisoned inside the pavilion and could extend his life only if Tang Wen survived to supply more pills.

Tang Wen secured Taiyue Lake, discovered a Dragon Vein, and used its resources to strengthen his followers while expanding the Tang Sect and its mall. After Spirit Sage Academy expelled him and his disciples, the Imperial Guards moved to demolish the mall, and Tang Wen confronted their commissioner as the dispute escalated.

• Chu Qian agreed to trade Taiyue Lake after Tang Wen gave him a Heaven-Born Fruit and cultivation supplies, while Chu Tie became Tang Wen's disciple and advanced to the Martial Master Realm.
• Tang Wen turned Chu Tie's apprenticeship banquet into a successful product promotion, then entered Taiyue Lake's hidden Dragon Vein with Wen Jinyuan and Mei Zhenhong and found Dragon Saliva.
• Tang Wen built a cultivation space fed by the Dragon Vein and used it to improve his followers' cultivation; Chu Xian'gang and Chu Guang also gained strength and warned him about the crown prince's political schemes.
• Chu Xian'gang revealed that Chu Tiangong had returned to power and might use the Imperial Guards against Tang Wen's mall, and Tang Wen learned that the crown prince's faction was tied to the Yueya Empire.
• Dean Gao Gang demanded exorbitant payments to protect Tang Wen's mall, then expelled Tang Wen and his ten disciples; Lin Yifeng and other academy officials also left with them.
• The Imperial Guards surrounded the mall, and Tang Wen challenged Military Commissioner Zheng Qing, who demanded ten thousand flintlocks and claimed he was acting under orders from Lord Chu.

Tang Wen took over Black Deer Academy, raised the Qiu Family’s strength, and moved his mall to the academy, where he introduced new facilities and goods to its students. Luo Daimei later pursued him as a supposed maid to obtain spirit treasures, while the chapter left her explaining that she had stopped caring about rumors about her reputation.

• Chu Jiangnan and his allies plotted to undermine Tang Wen’s business and obtain his firearms, while Ge Yu argued that Tang Wen had to stay alive as their source of Western Lands weapons.
• Tang Wen raised Qiu Bai and Qiu Benli to Great Martial Master perfection, then accepted the Qiu Family’s transfer of Black Deer Academy to the Tang family in exchange for its protection and support.
• Tang Wen used the academy’s popularity to increase his strength and moved the Tang Clan Mall beside Black Deer Academy, where he promised students discounts, cultivation supplies, and improved facilities.
• Abbess Miechen took Tang Wen’s Great Martial Master-level bat corpse and secured him a first-class marquisate, while Luo Daimei later returned to buy spirit marrow and supreme-grade spirit stones at prices she could not afford.
• At court, Emperor Chu Beili approved expanding the Three-Academy Grand Competition to include Black Deer Academy and two other schools, despite objections from Chu Jiangnan’s faction.
• Luo Daimei dressed as a maid, followed Tang Wen through the academy, and spread rumors that he had seduced and abandoned her; after he gave her a Void Bag for one tael, she said she no longer cared what people thought of her reputation.

Tang Wen clashed with Consort Xue and Zhou Kuohai in the palace, then resisted an Imperial Guard arrest before Chu Beili appointed him Great General of the Western Expedition and Commandery Prince of Divine Bird. After learning Great Qin had gained hundreds of powerful experts, Tang Wen prepared to strengthen his forces, while Zhou Kuohai begged forgiveness outside the mall.

• Chu Luoxiang demonstrated Tang Wen's Western firearms to Chu Beili, who granted Tang Wen an exemption from kneeling and summoned him to the palace.
• Consort Xue ordered Tang Wen beaten, so he seized Zhou Kuohai, escaped the palace, and later wounded Zhang Zhong when Imperial Guards confronted him at the mall.
• Chu Yang withdrew the guards under Chu Beili's decree, and Tang Wen showed him the mall and its unusual Western goods.
• Chu Beili appointed Tang Wen Great General of the Western Expedition and offered him Divine Bird Prairie, but Tang Wen refused to enter the palace until Zhou Kuohai was punished.
• After hearing Great Qin had assembled hundreds of Great Martial Masters and many other experts, Tang Wen began planning to recruit and train more fighters.
• Zhou Kuohai knelt outside Tang Wen's mall with an iron rod on his back and beat himself while begging forgiveness, but Tang Wen remained silent.

Tang Wen arrived at the Divine Bird Prairie, uncovered Governor Tang Chengzhong’s conspiracy with the Divine Elephant Kingdom, and captured Yan Yunxiao, whom he persuaded to join the Tang. As Tang Wen prepared to gather the Yan clan and subdue the Three Great Sects, he secretly met Tie Changlong at a training gorge, where the chapter ended as Tie Changlong began describing the clan’s strength.

• Luo Daimei demanded Spirit Talisman diagrams, a Spirit Gathering Array, and a Heaven-Born Fruit from Tang Wen, while the Zhou family sent Zhou Qiang to attack the mall; Tang Wen’s guards wounded Zhou Qiang with their guns.
• Tang Wen traveled to the Divine Bird Prairie, where he found signs of a massacre and learned the Divine Elephant Kingdom had invaded before being driven back by local fighters.
• Tang Wen confronted Governor Tang Chengzhong and General Bai Yijun, who plotted against him and planned to use the Yan clan, the Three Great Sects, and the Divine Elephant Kingdom to eliminate him.
• Tang Wen captured Yan Yunxiao, learned that Tang Chengzhong had framed the Yan clan and secretly exploited a silver mine, and persuaded Yan Yunxiao to join the Tang by promising to restore his family’s name and position.
• Tang Wen ordered Yan Yunxiao to gather the Yan clan’s experts and arranged firearms training, while Tang Chengzhong’s allies spread rumors to turn the Three Great Sects against him.
• Tang Wen secretly flew to a gorge in the Divine Elephant Kingdom to meet Tie Changlong, who reported that he had selected eighty thousand Yan clan members for training.

Tang Wen absorbed the Divine Bird Prairie’s three major factions into the Tang Sect, captured the Special Envoy and Tang Chengzhong, and prepared to seize the Ironhead Mountain silver mine. The chapter ended as he began interrogating two captured Martial General experts about their connection to Fang Wenzhu.

• Tang Wen defeated the Black Flower Society’s hundred riders with machine guns and grenades, then persuaded Gongsun Jiuniang, Yun Yang, and Kang Jingzhong to submit their factions to the Tang Sect.
• Tang Wen’s forces captured the Special Envoy, who died by poison before they could question him, and Tang Wen later arrested Tang Chengzhong and his trusted subordinates.
• Tang Chengzhong confessed that the Special Envoy had recruited him to seize the Yan family’s silver mine and revealed that Fang Wenzhu commanded its guards.
• Tang Wen strengthened his new allies and advanced to mid-stage Martial General after gaining Popularity from the three factions’ submission.
• Tang Wen’s group captured Fang Wenzhu and his experts at Ironhead Mountain, then began questioning Qiu Tong and Leng Feng about how they had met Fang Wenzhu.

Tang Wen conquered the Divine Elephant Kingdom, gained new powers from the Great Landlord System, and returned to find Heaven-Slaying Hall had destroyed his mall; he killed its attacking force and faced the threat of retaliation. As Luo Daimei pleaded for his safety and Tang Wen sought imperial backing, Heaven-Slaying Hall assembled its disciples to respond to its devastating losses.

• Tang Wen’s forces routed the Divine Elephant Kingdom’s army, accepted Mu Zaduo’s surrender, and brought the kingdom under the Tang Clan while Mu Longyu and other experts joined the Tang Sect.
• Tang Wen’s popularity and land gains advanced the Great Landlord Space to 8.5, unlocked the ability to save traversal opportunities, and raised his realm to half-step Martial Sect.
• Tang Wen returned to the capital and found Heaven-Slaying Hall had destroyed the Tang Clan Black Deer Mall; he killed Zhan Yinglong and hundreds of Heaven-Slaying Hall elites when they confronted him.
• Chu Beili refused to intervene, while Chu Jiangnan arranged for an assassin to exploit the conflict and kill Tang Wen.
• Luo Daimei publicly pleaded with the emperor to save Tang Wen, endured Consort Xue’s beating, and was taken home after her father Luo Pingdong collapsed; Abbess Miechen later confronted Tang Wen, who gave her a Popularity Pill for Luo Daimei.
• Heaven-Slaying Hall summoned its disciples after its losses, and Chief Hall Master Zhao Shilong began addressing the assembly.

Tang Wen destroyed the Heaven-Slaying Hall’s forces at Hungry Tiger Gorge, survived an assassination attempt, and returned to Black Tortoise City to pursue stronger cultivation methods and the Life Pearl. There, the silver statue began absorbing golden particles, trapping Tang Wen and nearby martial artists in a spreading, crushing vortex.

• Tang Wen killed Zhou Feng and Zhou Kuohai after they threatened him, then drove off Chu Ping and Jiang Zhao’s forces when they tried to arrest him.
• Tang Wen helped the Luo Family advance their cultivation, and Luo Daimei married him before the family learned of the celestial phenomenon around their residence.
• Tang Wen arrived at Hungry Tiger Gorge and helped defeat Gan Xiong, Yang Man, and most of the Heaven-Slaying Hall, while Abbess Miechen was gravely wounded and Gongsun Jiuniang was injured protecting him from an underground attack.
• Tang Wen returned to the capital, used Consort Xue’s attack to stage his injury, and followed a mysterious assailant before traveling to Black Tortoise City for supplies and cultivation methods.
• The silver statue absorbed golden particles above Black Tortoise City, forming a widening vortex that trapped Tang Wen and crushed martial artists who entered its range.

Tang Wen returned to the Sphinx’s underground palace, defeated a Golden Statue with Ao Guding’s help, and escaped the awakening Sphinx. After confronting Rotten Devil and reaching a battlefield where people sought treasure energy, Tang Wen sensed a powerful surge rising from underground.

• Tang Wen acquired Kongling City, advanced into the early Martial Origin Realm, and empowered Wu Zi, Xifang Kongming, Xifang Yong, and Zhang Xiaotian with cultivation aids.
• Duanmu Hongxiu used the Heaven Domain Pearl to carry Tang Wen and his companions to the Western Black Domain, where Tang Wen met Ao Guding inside the pearl and received Dragon Essence Blood and dragon techniques.
• Tang Wen led Duanmu Hongxiu’s party back to the Sphinx’s underground palace, where a Golden Statue seized Zhang Chang and Tang Wen before Ao Guding drained its power and helped Tang Wen destroy it.
• The Sphinx awakened and attacked the group, but Tang Wen used the Heavenly Bead to shield them as they fled the underground palace.
• Tang Wen defeated Rotten Devil and Yue Lang, learned that martial artists had gathered around a site where treasure light was expected, and followed them to the battlefield.
• Tang Wen sensed cracking ground and brilliant energy surging upward beneath the battlefield as the treasure seemed close to emerging.

Tang Wen survived the Cold Palace Jade Maiden’s attack, reached Heavenly Longevity Mountain, and inherited Ji Qiaosheng’s Five Elements Pill Dao, which restored his body and raised his cultivation. After returning to Su Mei Island to secure his family and expand his enterprises, he prepared to set out on another journey.

• Tang Wen used Ao Guding’s Dragon Treasure to strengthen his telekinesis, helped destroy the precious pearl, and defeated Luo Xiao and the other two when they tried to seize the Heaven Domain Pearl.
• Duanmu Hongxiu taught Tang Wen to use the Heaven Domain Pearl, but the Cold Palace Jade Maiden struck him hundreds of li away from Heavenly City, leaving him gravely injured.
• Tang Wen traveled to Heavenly Longevity Mountain, bowed before Ji Qiaosheng, and was drawn into the cave, where Ji Qiaosheng chose him to inherit the Five Elements Pill Dao and restore his body.
• Tang Wen mastered the five elemental qi, reached the early Martial Marquis Realm, received Ji Qiaosheng’s pill-shell space and command token, and watched his master’s lingering thought perish.
• Tang Wen secured promises of spirit beasts from the surviving factions, returned to Su Mei Island, strengthened its defenses, and oversaw the growth of his family’s factories and beast-taming team.
• Tang Wen attended a joint wedding for Zhan Dongwen, Zhuge Cangxiao, and Wen Jinyuan, then set out on a new journey with his subordinates.

Tang Wen exposed hidden power within Great Chu, secured authority to raise an army and purchase Beimang Island, and killed Chu Tiangong after a court confrontation. After surviving an ambush and recruiting two Heaven-Slaying Hall experts, he returned to Taiyue Lake, where Abbess Miechen awakened with a restored body and greater cultivation.

• The Lord warned Liu Ye and Yang Changyi about the Chu Family’s hidden strength, rewarded them with cultivation resources, and sent Yang Changyi toward the second cultivation ground after he broke through.
• Tang Wen ordered closer surveillance of Chancellor Luo Pu, then received the Heavenly Son Sword and nationwide conscription authority from Chu Beili to raise an army against Great Qin.
• Tang Wen bought Beimang Island for a billion taels, defended the Tang family against accusations of rebellion, and killed Chu Tiangong after Chu Tiangong insulted him in court.
• Tang Wen absorbed Beimang Island’s popularity, repelled two Martial Marquis attackers with help from his guards and allies, and persuaded Zhan Qiguang and Mo Long to submit to the Tang family.
• Chu Beili chose to put the war effort ahead of punishing Tang Wen, then planned to send him to the Mount Song Sword Contest with the Ninth Duke.
• Tang Wen discovered that Abbess Miechen had awakened with a rejuvenated body and Martial Marquis cultivation, and Luo Daimei urged her to return to secular life and reunite with her former love.