Chapter Summaries

Wang Shouzhe and Lei Yangyu agreed to join their clans through Lei Bowu’s marriage into the Wang Clan, and the Wang Clan hosted a banquet celebrating Ancestor Longyan’s advancement to the Celestial Realm. Master Binglan arrived in a dramatic show of support and gifted Longyan a rare defensive treasure, leaving the Wang Clan firmly established among the Seventh-Rank clans of the Southern Six Guards.

• Lei Bowu requested to split from the Lei Clan so he could marry Wang Luotong, and Lei Yangyu finally agreed to the marriage and a discreet arrangement.
• The major clans of Changning Guard and the Celestial clans of the Southern Six Guards gathered at the Wang Clan’s Celestial Banquet for Ancestor Longyan.
• Wang Shouzhe hosted the banquet at Wanghu Restaurant, where the Wang Clan’s young members impressed the guests with their bearing and reception.
• A Mystic Ice Disaster Dragon appeared over Zhuwei Lake carrying Master Binglan, who publicly praised her disciple Longyan and gave her Mystic Ice Disaster Dragon Armor.
• Master Binglan departed, the month-long festivities concluded, and the Wang Clan secured its place among the Seventh-Rank Aristocratic Clans, increasingly known as the Changning Wang Clan.

Wang Shouzhe mourned Second Grandfather Wang Xiaohui and reflected on why he had built the clan, then traveled with Ancestor Longyan to Donghai Guard to seek a Dharma Treasure. He left the two rival Donghai clans vying for his favor, with their hostility openly on display.

• Wang Shouzhe grieved Wang Xiaohui's death, and Liu Ruolan comforted him as he explained that he wanted his clan to live better and with dignity.
• Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan teased each other with sweet words until their children fled, leaving the couple to quarrel playfully over his imagined Artifact Spirit.
• Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan formally attended Hundred Treasures Pavilion's auction in Donghai Guard, signaling the Wang Clan's rise and willingness to display its strength.
• Tuoba Gaozhan and Tantai Yongyi each hurried to meet Wang Shouzhe and tried to draw him toward their respective clans.
• Tuoba Gaozhan offered not to compete for the Purple Lightning Treasure Sword, while Tantai Yongyi criticized him, exposing the clans' worsening rivalry.

Wang Shouzhe attended the Hundred Treasures Pavilion auction, where he acquired Earth Mother Spirit Liquid for Wang Shouye and the Purple Lightning Treasure Sword for Ancestor Longyan. The auction raised the Wang Clan’s standing, while the chapter revealed that Ancestor Longyan’s true strength far exceeded other clans’ estimates.

• Wang Shouzhe politely declined to side with Tuoba Gaozhan and Tantai Yongyi as their clans competed for influence.
• Tuoba Gaozhan and Tantai Yongyi explained that clans from distant regions had come to bid on Earth Mother Spirit Liquid in hopes of currying favor with Master Danding, whom Wang Shouye might study under.
• Wang Shouzhe yielded Great Spirit Gathering Pills to the Zhenze Wāng Clan after learning that Ancestor Kunyuan was attempting a breakthrough.
• Wang Shouzhe bid 180,000 Qian Gold for Earth Mother Spirit Liquid, and the other clans withdrew after he declared his 300,000-Qian-Gold limit.
• Wang Shouzhe won the Purple Lightning Treasure Sword for 590,000 Qian Gold, further raising the Wang Clan’s reputation.
• The chapter revealed that Ancestor Longyan had awakened the fifth level of her bloodline and could likely contend with Fang You'an once she stabilized her cultivation.

Wang Shouzhe brought Wang Liyao and Wang Zongan to Longzuo Prefecture, where he learned the Longzuo Wang Clan was locked in a land dispute with the Zhang Clan and sought information from Lady Bilian. After he refused to hear her personal request, Lady Bilian demanded fifty thousand Qian Gold for his help.

• Wang Shouzhe declined the Tuoba and Tantai Clans' invitations and left to escort Wang Liyao and Wang Zongan to the academy.
• Wang Shouzhe arrived in Longzuo Prefecture with Ancestor Longyan and settled his party at the Wang Clan's shop, where Wang Shounuo reported on the Longzuo Wang Clan's troubles.
• Wang Shounuo explained that the Zhang Clan was refusing to return farmland whose lease had expired, leaving Ancestor Zhoubo facing two Celestial Realm cultivators.
• Wang Shouzhe visited Lady Bilian at Baiwei Pavilion, learned of the Zhang Clan's influence and connections, and declined her offer to mediate.
• Lady Bilian insisted that Wang Shouzhe help with her own difficulty and named a price of fifty thousand Qian Gold.

Wang Shouzhe agreed to visit the Yuwen Clan and coax its Six-Tailed Fire Demon Fox into accepting treasures for her breakthrough. Meanwhile, the Longzuo Wang Clan disputed ancestral land with the Zhang Clan, and Wang Shouzhe arrived as Ancestor Zhoubo prepared to fight Zhang Hongqing.

• Lady Bilian offered Wang Shouzhe one hundred thousand Qian Gold to befriend the Yuwen Clan’s Six-Tailed Fire Demon Fox and encourage her advancement, and he agreed to try.
• The Longzuo Wang Clan confronted the Zhang Clan over ownership of ancestral manors, but the Prefecture Governor’s Office contract had been damaged in a fire.
• Chief Clerk Cui proposed settling the dispute with a sparring match, and Zhang Hongqing challenged Ancestor Zhoubo.
• Ancestor Zhoubo prepared to risk his life to defend the Wang Clan’s ancestral property despite his clan elders’ warnings.
• Wang Shouzhe appeared and declared that the Wang Clan would not allow others to trample over them.

Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan confronted the Longzuo Zhang Clan over its treatment of the Longzuo Wang Clan, forcing Zhang Hongqing to concede after Ancestor Longyan defeated him. Wang Shouzhe then stopped Chief Clerk Cui from leaving, determined to deal with the official’s hostility rather than let him pose a hidden threat.

• Wang Shouzhe arrived with Ancestor Longyan, Wang Zongan, and Wang Liyao, then challenged Zhang Daoyong after the Zhang Clan insulted the Changning Wang Clan.
• Ancestor Longyan’s overwhelming might forced Zhang Daoyong back, and she drew her Purple Lightning Treasure Sword to fight Ancestor Hongqing.
• Ancestor Longyan’s Ice Phoenix Dharma Image and relentless sword attacks overwhelmed Zhang Hongqing, who spat blood and withdrew.
• Wang Shouzhe warned that Ancestor Longyan could return to the Longzuo Wang Clan, and Zhang Hongqing backed down and agreed to return the fields and pay thirty years of overdue rent.
• Chief Clerk Cui threatened to meet the Wang Clan again, but Wang Shouzhe stopped him and declared that, since they had already offended him, they might as well do so more thoroughly.

Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan exposed Chief Clerk Cui’s forgery and brought him before the Prefecture Governor with support from two Purple Mansion Academy High Persons. After Cui was convicted and punished, the group stayed at the Longzuo Wang Clan’s Purple Mansion Palace, where Master Binglan encouraged Longyan and Master Changchun had little advice for Shouzhe.

• Wang Shouzhe accused Chief Clerk Cui of forging notarized evidence and asked Ancestor Longyan to seize him for investigation.
• Ancestor Longyan defeated Cui, and Wang Shouzhe escorted him to the Prefecture Governor’s Office.
• Master Changchun and Master Binglan arrived to support Wang Shouzhe and Longyan, and the investigation confirmed Cui had repeatedly fabricated evidence.
• Chief Clerk Cui was imprisoned, interrogated, stripped of his family assets, and exiled to guard the barbaric frontier.
• The group stayed at the Longzuo Wang Clan’s Purple Mansion Palace, and Wang Xiaorui publicized the High Persons’ visit to boost its business.
• Master Binglan urged Ancestor Longyan to return to the Mystic Ice Hall for cultivation guidance, while Master Changchun told Wang Shouzhe he had nothing to teach him.

Wang Shouzhe secured Master Changchun’s help in seeking an introduction to Master Danding, while receiving a warning to avoid entanglement in the capital’s political turmoil. Elsewhere, Wang Luoqiu and Wang Luojing captured and killed the wanted criminal Flower Scorpion, leaving with the reward in sight.

• Wang Shouzhe persuaded Master Changchun to lend him an identity token so he could seek Prince Zhenzuo’s help in approaching Master Danding.
• Master Changchun warned Wang Shouzhe to use the token only for this matter and to keep the Wang Clan clear of the capital’s uncertain affairs.
• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu tracked Flower Scorpion to Lianhua Pavilion and prepared to capture her, using insects and a puppet to prevent surprises and protect bystanders.
• Wang Luoqiu burst into Chunying’s chamber and revealed that the courtesan was Flower Scorpion, then overpowered her despite Flower Scorpion’s attempt to use a hostage.
• Wang Luojing’s butterflies and Amethyst Spirit Bees helped trap Flower Scorpion, and Wang Luoqiu killed her as the sisters completed their mission.

Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan sought Prince Zhenzuo Wu Dianshan’s help in meeting Master Danding, and Shouzhe won the prince’s favor with his conversation and unusual fishing rod. Several days later, Wang Shouye reached Master Danding’s disciple selection, where the crowds and his high examination number left him doubtful about his chances.

• Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan visited the Prefecture Prince’s Mansion with Master Changchun’s token and asked Wu Zhong to arrange an introduction to Master Danding.
• Wu Zhong secured an audience, and Wu Dianshan welcomed Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan to a banquet.
• Wang Shouzhe impressed Wu Dianshan with his views on worldly affairs and demonstrated his lure fishing rod, which fascinated the prince.
• Several days later, Wang Shouye and a beauty registered for Master Danding’s selection at the Tianyuan Pill Workshop and received examination token number 396.

Wang Shouye attended Master Danding’s disciple selection with his wife, Lei Lingyun, and met Qian Xuefu, a boastful Qian Clan alchemist who became fascinated by Wang’s supposed secret to attracting women. Their conversation drew the attention of Yuwen Nianjing, who offered Wang inside questions before learning he was married and leaving disappointed.

• Lei Lingyun encouraged Wang Shouye to win Master Danding’s selection, while Qian Xuefu mocked him for focusing on his wife instead of alchemy.
• Wang Shouye introduced himself as a member of the Changning Wang Clan, and Qian Xuefu invited him to join the Pill Workshop he expected to manage.
• Qian Xuefu described Longzuo prefectural city’s entertainment venues, prompting Lei Lingyun to leave and seek information about Wang’s competitors.
• After learning Lei Lingyun had pursued Wang for years, Qian Xuefu begged him to reveal his secret, and Wang said women admired him for seriously refining pills.
• Yuwen Nianjing offered Wang inside questions for the selection, but Qian Xuefu warned her that Wang was married, so she left disappointed.

Wang Shouye entered Master Danding’s disciple-selection examination and placed second, despite doubting his chances against the many talented candidates. Master Danding chose Si Xinghai, Qian Xuefu, and Wang Shouye as his disciples, with the Prefecture Prince’s support deciding the final place.

• Wang Shouye watched Dongfang Yuxi and other celebrated young alchemists arrive, while Qian Xuefu assured him that he had little chance of being selected.
• Gu Hanyu appeared as Master Danding’s disciple and announced the examination, then silenced Qian Xuefu with silver needles when he made an inappropriate remark.
• Wang Shouye took the examination, and Gu Hanyu later reported that he placed second behind Dongfang Yuxi; Si Xinghai ranked eleventh and Qian Xuefu thirteenth.
• Master Danding told Gu Hanyu that pressure from powerful clans and the City Governor’s Office had forced him to hold the selection and that he would admit Si Xinghai and Qian Xuefu.
• Master Danding chose Wang Shouye for the remaining place because he could not refuse the Prefecture Prince’s request, surprising Gu Hanyu.

Gu Hanyu announced that Master Danding had chosen Qian Xuefu, Si Xinghai, and Wang Shouye as his disciples, surprising the gathered clans by passing over the top-ranked Dongfang Yuxi. Dongfang Bohua protested, and Yuxi challenged Wang Shouye to exchange pointers, leaving Wang Shouzhe to decide how the Wang Clan would respond.

• Qian Jingde and Yuwen Jinghong discussed the rankings while the clan elders praised Dongfang Yuxi's first-place result and speculated about who would be selected.
• Gu Hanyu announced Qian Xuefu as Master Danding's first disciple and Si Xinghai as his second.
• Gu Hanyu named Wang Shouye as the third disciple, surprising the gathered clans and angering the Dongfang Clan.
• Dongfang Bohua protested the decision, but Gu Hanyu rebuked him and reminded him that Master Danding had the final say.
• Dongfang Yuxi asked to exchange pointers with Wang Shouye, and the gathered elders looked to Wang Shouzhe to answer.

Wang Shouye competed with Dongfang Yuxi in refining Great Guyuan Pills, and his supposedly poor performance outdid Dongfang’s best result. The contest ended with Dongfang’s confidence and reputation shattered, while Wang Shouye remained unaware of how exceptional his alchemy had become.

• Wang Shouzhe agreed to let Wang Shouye compete with Dongfang Yuxi, who chose the Great Guyuan Pill as their contest.
• Wang Shouye accepted the challenge despite Qian Xuefu and Yuwen Nianjing warning that Dongfang had extensive experience refining the costly pill.
• Dongfang Yuxi presented seven well-formed pills and believed he had secured the victory.
• Gu Hanyu inspected Wang Shouye’s box and announced that it contained eight pills of excellent appearance.
• Dongfang Yuxi examined the pills, then lost his composure when Wang Shouye explained that he usually formed nine when performing well.
• Wang Shouzhe remained calm, knowing Wang Shouye had practiced by refining more than a hundred furnaces of Great Guyuan Pills each year.

Wang Shouye completed his apprenticeship ceremony under Master Danding and astonished his fellow disciples by revealing his third-layer Lihuo Bloodline. At Purple Mansion Academy, Lu Xianghui met the newly recruited Wang Liyao outside Qianqiu Hall.

• The major figures congratulated Wang Shouye after he was accepted as Master Danding's disciple, and Dongfang Bohua took Dongfang Yuxi away from Tianyuan Pill Workshop.
• Gu Hanyu brought Wang Shouye, Qian Xuefu, and Si Xinghai to meet Master Danding, where all three completed their apprenticeship ceremonies.
• Qian Xuefu and Si Xinghai described their cultivation, and Wang Shouye revealed that he was twenty-eight, at the peak of the first level of the Spirit Platform Realm, with a third-layer Lihuo Bloodline.
• Lu Xianghui hurried to Qianqiu Hall with Jiang Kangpeng and discussed the academy grand competition and its standout disciples with those gathered there.
• Zhang Xiuping arrived at Qianqiu Hall on his Ancient Blood Spirit Elephant, and Wang Liyao introduced herself to Lu Xianghui as a disciple the academy was preparing to recruit.

Wang Liyao toured Qianqiu Hall with Lu Xianghui while disguising herself, and was surprised to see her aunts Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu return from a mission. After the sisters learned that Yu Hang had returned gravely injured from the Outer Realm Battlefield, they went to gather information at the Yuanshui Heavenly Lake branch.

• Wang Liyao paid Lu Xianghui to guide her around the Academy before she formally joined, and he began showing her Qianqiu Hall.
• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu arrived by flying carriage and turned in a mission, earning eleven thousand credits for killing three wanted rogue cultivators.
• Wang Luoqiu planned to use her share of the credits to advance her True Martial Body Tempering Art, while Wang Luojing went to exchange credits for Great Guyuan Pills.
• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu heard that Yu Hang had returned from the Outer Realm Battlefield with grave injuries and that Master Yuanshui had called Master Changchun to treat him.
• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu decided to visit the Yuanshui Heavenly Lake branch and gather information about the possible changes on the Outer Realm Battlefield.

Wang Liyao arrived at Yuanshui Heavenly Lake with Lu Xianghui and explored the lineage’s lakeside wonders as she traveled to its island. Meanwhile, Master Changchun stabilized Yu Hang’s grave injuries, but his recovery depended on years of costly treatment.

• Lu Xianghui guided Wang Liyao up Yuanshui Heavenly Mountain and introduced the lineage’s history and landmarks.
• Wang Liyao reached Yuanshui Heavenly Lake, admired its scenery and spirit qi, and learned that the Water Curtain Heavenly Splendor guarded the lineage.
• Lu Xianghui explained that a Seventh Rank Primordial Water Spirit Turtle lived in the lake and that disciples sometimes rode its descendants.
• Wang Liyao watched lineage disciples harvest pearls from a Yuanshui Pearl Clam as the ferry carried her toward Lake Heart Island.
• Master Changchun told Master Yuanshui that Yu Hang’s injuries had been stabilized, but he needed prolonged treatment with rare pills and Origin Water Essence.

Purple Mansion Academy’s masters discussed Yu Hang’s poisoned injuries and planned a response against the Yin Sha Demon Sect, while Master Yuanshui praised his chosen disciple Wang Liyao. At Yuanshui Heavenly Lake, Ninth Young Lady ignored her suitors and eagerly approached Liyao, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Master Yuanshui asked Master Binglan to invite Wang Longyan to treat Yu Hang’s Mysterious Yin Baleful Poison, and Master Binglan agreed to send for her.
• Masters Xuanyao, Binglan, and Changchun announced that they would take Celestial Realm disciples to the Outer Realm Battlefield, while Lady Huandie and Master Yuanshui guarded the Academy.
• Master Yuanshui revealed that Wang Liyao had top-grade B-class aptitude and a pure Yuanshui Bloodline, prompting the other masters to admire the Changning Wang Clan’s prospects.
• Lu Xianghui explained that Yuanshui Heavenly Lake’s disciples were competing to win Ninth Young Lady, a Third-Order Primordial Water Spirit Turtle, as a spirit pet.
• Senior Brother Le Xian offered Ninth Young Lady a Mystic Water Spirit Fruit, which she swallowed before charging through the crowd to rub her head affectionately against Wang Liyao.

Wang Liyao drew the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle Ninth Young Lady’s affection, provoking a jealous clash with her Vermilion Fire Sparrow and angering Senior Brother Le Xian, who had spent heavily trying to win the turtle. After Wang Liyao blocked Le Xian’s attack on Lu Xianghui and revealed her Origin Water Finger, she claimed Xiao Jiu and faced Le Xian’s threat to take her down.

• Ninth Young Lady eagerly fawned over Wang Liyao, while the Vermilion Fire Sparrow emerged from Wang Liyao’s Spirit Beast Bag and fought with the turtle over her.
• Wang Liyao stopped the fight and hesitated to take Ninth Young Lady, until the turtle produced a hoard of gifts that included treasures from Senior Brother Zhenghua, Senior Sister Yuyun, and Senior Brother Le Xian.
• Senior Brother Le Xian ordered Wang Liyao off Yuanshui Heavenly Lake Island and threatened to punish Lu Xianghui, but Wang Liyao defended him.
• Senior Brother Le Xian attacked Lu Xianghui with Origin Water Finger, and Wang Liyao intercepted the strike with the same technique.
• Wang Liyao introduced herself, claimed Xiao Jiu, and challenged Le Xian, who accused her of stealing the Academy’s secret art and gathered his Primordial Water aura to attack.

Wang Liyao fought Senior Brother Le Xian after he attacked her, revealing overwhelming mastery of the Water Shadow Sword Technique and her High-Grade Spirit Sword, Autumn Water Sword. She left Le Xian badly shaken and unveiled Primordial Water Sword Intent before the gathered disciples.

• Senior Brother Le Xian attacked Wang Liyao with his Linshui Sword, but she evaded it using Water Flow Shadow.
• Le Xian unleashed six sword shadows with his Water Shadow Sword Technique, and Wang Liyao answered by forming nine with Autumn Water Sword.
• Wang Liyao's sword formation shattered Le Xian's, and he barely defended himself against the four remaining shadows, suffering injuries and exhausting much of his Profound Qi.
• Wang Liyao condemned Le Xian for bullying fellow sect members and struck at him with Autumn Water Sword.
• Wang Liyao's attack displayed Primordial Water Sword Intent, astonishing the disciples as the lake's waters surged and Spirit Fish leaped from the surface.

Wang Liyao defeated Senior Brother Le Xian with her Primordial Water Sword Intent, but Elder Shang intervened and tried to take her to the Law Enforcement Hall. She resisted his attack and revealed strength and treasures powerful enough to push the Celestial Realm elder back, leaving the watching disciples stunned.

• Wang Liyao struck Senior Brother Le Xian with her Primordial Water Sword Intent, sending him crashing into the Turtle Basking Platform and leaving him vulnerable to a rain of sword shadows.
• Elder Shang arrived and shielded Le Xian, then accused Wang Liyao of secretly learning Yuanshui Lineage techniques and ordered her to surrender.
• Wang Liyao refused, while Elder Shang restrained Ninth Young Lady and attacked her with the Origin Water Spirit Hand.
• Wang Liyao evaded Elder Shang's pursuing attack with Water Flow Shadow and used a Flying Feather Spirit Treasure to escape its grasp.
• Wang Liyao struck Elder Shang with a more powerful Primordial Water Sword Intent, forcing him backward and nearly breaking his Origin Water Spirit Shield.