Chapter Summaries

Ancestor Fire Fox drove Qian Jinghuan and the Qian Clan away after warning them not to interfere with Wang Shouzhe and the Yuwen Clan, which chose to stand with the Wang Clan. At Nameless Fragment Island, Wang Liyao rejected an unqualified disciple seeking to become her follower, then surprised Lu Xianghui by asking him to take that role.

• Ancestor Fire Fox battered Qian Jinghuan until he fled the Yuwen Clan residence, then warned him not to stir up trouble between the Yuwen Clan and Wang Shouzhe again.
• Lady Bilian agreed that the Yuwen Clan would stand firmly with Wang Shouzhe, judging that his clan had great future potential.
• At Nameless Fragment Island, Shang Jiping refused Mo Wanqiu's request to become Wang Liyao's follower and sent her away.
• Lu Xianghui visited Wang Liyao with a bundle of deliveries, and she welcomed him warmly.
• Wang Liyao asked Lu Xianghui if he would be willing to become her follower, leaving him stunned.

Wang Liyao recruited Lu Xianghui as her follower and offered support to improve his clan’s fortunes. Meanwhile, Cao Lina and Cao Youqing pursued a hidden plan involving the Qian Clan, while Wang Shouye’s business rivalry with Qian Xuefu took an unexpectedly personal turn.

• Wang Liyao persuaded Lu Xianghui to become her follower and promised help for the Longquan Lu Clan through the Changning Wang Clan and Shouda Trading Firm.
• Wang Liyao gave Lu Xianghui a Blood Quenching Pill on credit and urged him to improve his bloodline and cultivation.
• Cao Lina told Cao Youqing that the Yuwen Clan had rejected the Qian Clan, and Cao Youqing said they would punish the Yuwen Clan while pursuing their larger plan.
• Cao Lina agreed to help her son Xuerui gain influence in the Qian Clan with Cao Youqing and the young master’s support.
• At Tianyuan Pill Workshop, Qian Xuefu confronted Wang Shouye about meeting Senior Sister Gu, then reeled when Wang Shouye said she seemed interested in his fourth brother.

Wang Shouye returned to the Wang Clan with news about Qian Xuehan, while the Clan expanded its training and artifact-refining efforts. Wang Shouzhe decided to investigate Qian Xuehan more carefully and planned to send a letter back with Wang Shouye.

• Yuwen Nianjing teased Qian Xuefu about his chances with Gu, and Qian Xuefu took Wang Shouye aside to meet his brother Qian Xuehan.
• Qian Xuehan pleaded with Wang Shouye to save him, prompting Wang Shouye to return to the Wang Clan and report what he had learned.
• Wang Zongyao collected resources for himself and Wang Ping, whose training had been upgraded to match that of the Clan’s direct-line disciples.
• Wang Shouye encouraged Wang Zongyao and Wang Ping to develop the Clan’s artifact-refining skills before meeting Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Shouye told Wang Shouzhe about Qian Xuehan, and Wang Shouzhe decided to investigate him and send a letter to the commandery city.
• Liu Ruolan invited Wang Shouye to drink with Wang Shouzhe, leaving him worried that his expected reinforcements had not arrived.

Qian Xuehan arrived at Jucai Manor to seek Qian Xue'an’s help, then traveled to the Changning Wang Clan to pursue reconciliation. As the delegation crossed the An River, the ferry came under attack by the disguised monk Evil Vajra.

• Qian Xue'an cautioned two stewards to focus on their duties before Qian Xuehan arrived with Elder Qian Jingde aboard a Spirit Bird Flying Carriage.
• Qian Xuehan embraced Qian Xue'an in private and tearfully begged him to save him.
• Qian Xuehan’s delegation set out for the Changning Wang Clan, and Wang Xiaohan described the Wang Clan’s work developing Ping'an Town.
• A skiff raced toward the ferry, and its boatman transformed into a giant and attacked; Qian Jingde met his punch with a palm strike.
• Qian Jingde recognized the attacker as Evil Vajra, a traitor of Prajna Temple.

Wang Longyan confronted Cao Youqing after Cao Youqing and Evil Vajra ambushed Qian Xuehan on the An River. Cao Youqing revealed her power as a Lingyun Sacred Land Heavenly Prodigy, but escaped when Changning Guard reinforcements arrived.

• Evil Vajra attacked Qian Jingde while Cao Youqing tried to kill Qian Xuehan, but Wang Longyan arrived and blocked her sword strike.
• Wang Longyan fought Cao Youqing with Ice-Sha sword techniques, forcing Cao Youqing to retreat and suspect that Wang Longyan had a Great Heavenly Prodigy bloodline.
• Wang Shouzhe launched a Sky-Piercing Cannon signal, and Qian Jingde pursued Evil Vajra while holding him at bay on the An River.
• As Changning Guard's Celestial Realm cultivators approached, Cao Youqing unleashed the Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Sword, and Wang Longyan blocked it with her sword and Mystic Ice Disaster Dragon Armor.
• Wang Longyan resumed fighting Cao Youqing until the reinforcements arrived, and Cao Youqing used essence blood to escape as a streak of lightning.

Wang Shouzhe helped capture Evil Vajra, pushed City Governor Wei Wenxun to handle the case against the escaped Cao Youqing according to law, and negotiated a business alliance with the Qian Clan. When Prefecture Governor Taishi Ankang summoned him over Cao Youqing, Wang Shouzhe insisted she was a criminal and offered to testify.

• Wang Shouzhe called on City Governor Wei Wenxun, Lei Yuanzhou, and Xu Beichen to help Elder Qian Jingde capture Evil Vajra, and they divided the spoils with the Wang Clan receiving half.
• Wang Shouzhe urged Wei Wenxun to file the case against Cao Youqing and issue a sea-wide arrest warrant, while Qian Xuehan demanded to report the attack to the authorities.
• Cao Youqing escaped to the East Sea, suffered severe injuries from using Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Escape, and hid on a small island to recover.
• The Wang Clan and the Qian Clan agreed on draft terms granting the Qian Clan sales rights and a stake in Shouda Trading Firm, along with an interest-free loan to fund expansion.
• Prince Wu Dianshan invited Wang Shouzhe to the Prefecture Prince's Mansion, where Prefecture Governor Taishi Ankang asked what kind of person Cao Youqing was.
• Wang Shouzhe called Cao Youqing a suspected murderer who had openly violated the law and offered to testify against her.

Wang Shouzhe secured a Pioneering Order and 500,000 Qian Gold from Taishi Ankang in exchange for keeping Cao Youqing’s affair quiet, while the Qian Clan punished Cao Lina and exiled Qian Xuerui. The story then shifted to the capital, where Wang Lici faced Great Savage Elephant in a big-eater contest as Master Yunyang hinted that the event was a scam.

• Wang Shouzhe agreed not to publicize Cao Youqing’s affair, and Taishi Ankang granted the Wang Clan a Pioneering Order and 500,000 Qian Gold for opening land beyond the frontier.
• Qian Qinhong confined Cao Lina to the Qian Clan’s West Courtyard and revealed that Qian Xuerui had been exiled to the mines for thirty years.
• Qian Qinhong said the Qian Clan’s ancestor had ordered him to hand over the Clan Head position to Qian Xuehan within five years.
• News of the Qian Clan’s internal punishments spread through Longzuo Prefecture, and Wang Shouzhe suspected Qian Xuehan was more calculating than he appeared.
• At White Cloud Pavilion in the capital, Wang Lici competed against Great Savage Elephant in a big-eater contest while spectators placed bets.
• Prince Heng questioned Master Yunyang about plotting a scam around the contest, and Master Yunyang defended the scheme as necessary for raising a disciple.

Wang Lici won the Under-50 Youth Big Eater Competition, but Master Yunyang’s long stay at White Cloud Pavilion ended when Prince Heng sent them away. Months later, the Donggang Chen Clan’s fleet returned to East Port, where Chen Fanghua spotted ships belonging to the Flood Dragon Gang.

• Wang Lici kept eating after the Great Savage Elephant vomited and asked whether she could finish the remaining platters.
• Master Yunyang refused Prince Heng’s suggestion to send Wang Lici to the Sacred Land, and Prince Heng told them his household had no surplus grain.
• Prince Heng gave Wang Lici heavenly treasures before the restriction array rose, and Master Yunyang marked Wu Hanheng’s name in his notebook.
• The Qian Clan and Wang Clan signed an agreement, helping Shouda Trading Firm expand its Spirit Bird Flying Carriage business.
• Chen Fanghua and Chen Xiuwu returned to East Port with the Donggang Chen Clan fleet after a storm delayed their voyage.
• Chen Fanghua spotted ships from the Flood Dragon Gang near East Port.

The Flood Dragon Gang’s Zhao Wuqing ordered an attack on the Chen Clan’s Baidao Merchant Fleet near Donggang, hoping to seize the ships and pressure Wang Shouzhe. As the merchant ships struggled to escape, Chen Xiuwu’s crew fired the Wang Clan’s new Divine Might Cannons, shocking the attackers with their destructive power.

• Chen Xiuwu and Chen Fanghua recognized that the Flood Dragon Gang’s warships had entered Donggang waters and understood the threat they posed.
• Zhao Wuqing learned the fleet belonged to the Chen Clan and ordered his warships to intercept it and capture Chen Xiuwu.
• Chen Fanghua launched distress signals and turned the merchant ships toward Donggang, but the Flood Dragon Gang opened fire with shipborne bed crossbows.
• Chen Xiuwu ordered the crew to fire the Wang Clan’s trial Divine Might Cannons at the attacking warships.
• The first cannonballs missed, but a third smashed through a warship’s deck and killed several gang members, leaving the Flood Dragon Gang’s crew stunned.

The Chen Clan merchant fleet used Divine Might Cannons to damage the Flood Dragon Gang's ships, but Zhao Wuqing attacked after revealing his Celestial Realm strength. Ancestor Ruhong arrived as a newly advanced Celestial Realm cultivator and fought to hold Zhao Wuqing while reinforcements gathered; Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan then reached the battlefield.

• Chen Xiuwu offered rewards for accurate shots, and the Chen Clan guards damaged the Angry Dragon Warship's flagship with a volley of Divine Might Cannons.
• Zhao Wuqing revealed himself as a Celestial Realm cultivator, boarded the Chen Clan flagship, and advanced on Chen Xiuwu as Chen Fanghua tried to protect him.
• Ancestor Ruhong arrived and announced his breakthrough to the Celestial Realm, then attacked Zhao Wuqing with the Water Dragon Spear.
• Chen Xiuwu urged the clan guards to keep firing while Chen Clan ships sailed from Donggang to reinforce the fleet, and Ancestor Ruhong fought to prevent Zhao Wuqing from escaping.
• Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan arrived in a Spirit Bird Flying Carriage, and Liu Ruolan called the Flood Dragon Gang trash and said they should be killed.

Wang Shouzhe’s alliance defeated the Flood Dragon Gang’s attack on the Chen Clan after Liu Ruoling joined Ancestor Ruhong in battle and helped capture Zhao Wuqing. The alliance’s elders gathered afterward to discuss the danger posed by Long Wuji, and Wang Shouzhe urged them to prepare for an unavoidable conflict.

• Liu Ruoling emerged and prepared to attack Zhao Wuqing, but Wang Shouzhe persuaded her to spare him and handed her weapons and armor.
• Liu Ruoling wounded Zhao Wuqing with a powerful sword strike, then joined Ancestor Ruhong to suppress him as Chen Xiuwu rallied the Chen Clan forces.
• Chen Fangjie and Wang Luoyi led reinforcements into the battle, and the Chen Clan captured all three Angry Flood Dragon Warships while its opponents fled or surrendered.
• Wang Shouzhe joined Ancestor Ruhong and Liu Ruoling to capture Zhao Wuqing, then arranged for Liu Ruoling to rest and went to meet the alliance’s elders.
• Lei Yuanzhou criticized the Chen Clan for provoking the Flood Dragon Gang, while Ancestor Ruhong argued that the gang had attacked first.
• Wang Shouzhe said Long Wuji would keep seeking a pretext to attack and urged the elders to discuss how to face the Flood Dragon Gang’s ambitions.

Long Wuji’s Flood Dragon Gang debated how to respond to Zhao Wuqing’s arrest, while Cao Youqing’s call for a surprise attack earned her a brutal warning from Long Wuji. As the Wang Clan and its allies prepared for possible conflict, Wang Shouzhe welcomed the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox, alarming Lady Bilian.

• Jiang Yusong argued that Wang Shouzhe had maneuvered the Flood Dragon Gang into negotiating before Zhao Wuqing’s case was decided, and urged Long Wuji to pressure the Marriage Alliance.
• Cao Youqing proposed attacking the Wang Clan Main Residence, but Long Wuji struck her down and warned her not to dictate his actions.
• Wei Wenxun received the commandery governor’s order to handle Zhao Wuqing’s case impartially, while Changning Guard’s clans prepared for possible war.
• Wang Zongyao continued learning artifact refining and greeted Liu Xuanfu, Wang Luoqiu, Wang Liyao, and other academy disciples returning to support their clans.
• Lady Bilian challenged Wang Shouzhe for inviting the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox, but the fox happily cuddled in his arms and called him Brother Shouzhe.

The Flood Dragon Gang arrived at Dingpu Ferry in force, apparently to confront the Changning Wang Clan. After the gang mocked the Wang Clan, the clan fired its Divine Might Cannons, and elder Shang Jiping stepped forward to face Du Tiangang.

• Rogue cultivators Dongfang Cangqiong and Ximen Buqun heard that the Wang Clan planned to pioneer the Outer Domain and decided to bring their families to join the effort.
• The Flood Dragon Gang's fleet approached Dingpu Ferry, where Third Boss Du Tiangang announced his visit and unleashed his Celestial Realm pressure.
• The Wang Clan fired its Divine Might Cannons at the fleet, damaging Ma Junxiong's warship and silencing the gang's mockery.
• Long Wuji dismissed the cannons as a threat and ordered Du Tiangang to provoke the Wang Clan into sending someone to fight.
• Du Tiangang taunted the Wang Clan and demanded that Wang Shouzhe receive him, but elder Shang Jiping appeared and offered to fight him himself.

Shang Jiping fought Du Tiangang at Dingpu Ferry and revealed that he served Wang Liyao, a Great Heavenly Prodigy and True Person Tianhe’s mantle inheritor. When Gao Tian insulted Wang Shouzhe, Liyao arrived and struck him down with Primordial Water Sword Intent, leaving the Flood Dragon Gang to recognize her identity.

• Shang Jiping used his Yuanshui Treasure Blade to clash with Du Tiangang’s Slaughter Spirit Hand, and the two late-stage Celestial Realm cultivators’ attacks shattered in a massive shockwave.
• Shang Jiping told Du Tiangang that he was an Academy elder serving Wang Liyao, a Great Heavenly Prodigy and True Person Tianhe’s mantle inheritor.
• Long Wuji learned of Liyao’s status and ordered Gao Tian to invite Wang Shouzhe aboard the Flood Dragon Gang’s tower ship for a talk.
• Gao Tian called for Wang Shouzhe and insulted him, prompting Wang Liyao to arrive across the river and defend her father.
• Wang Liyao’s Primordial Water Sword Intent tore through Gao Tian’s palm force and sent him crashing into a nearby ship.
• Gao Tian recognized Liyao as the Great Heavenly Prodigy, while Long Wuji watched her arrival from the tower ship.

Wang Liyao confronted Long Wuji on the An River and used the Tianhe Divine Mirror to form a path of water toward Dragon-Severing Gorge. Long Wuji followed her there, where Wang Shouzhe waited with Wang Zongan and a repaired Celestial Realm puppet.

• Long Wuji appeared before Wang Liyao and praised her as a Great Heavenly Prodigy, while she calmly invited him to meet her father at Dragon-Severing Gorge.
• Wang Liyao declared that the Wang Clan would not bow to force, and the crowd on the ferry dock cheered her words.
• Wang Liyao activated the Tianhe Divine Mirror and raised a vast river of water into the sky, directing Long Wuji toward Dragon-Severing Gorge.
• Long Wuji, Jiang Yusong, and Du Tiangang crossed the heavenly river, which broke apart behind them as Long Wuji passed.
• At Dragon-Severing Gorge, Wang Shouzhe waited in a prepared pavilion with Wang Zongan and a repaired Celestial Realm puppet.

Wang Shouzhe negotiated with Long Wuji over the Flood Dragon Gang’s ambitions in Changning Guard and secured fifty years of peace by refusing an alliance and revealing his suspicions about a larger political scheme. After Long Wuji departed, Wang Shouzhe joked that Wang Zongan should marry soon and produce an heir.

• Long Wuji arrived at the pavilion, where Wang Shouzhe welcomed him and introduced Wang Zongan before they shared wine and discussed their treasures.
• Long Wuji offered compensation for Zhao Wuqing and proposed commercial cooperation and an alliance, but Wang Shouzhe demanded that the Flood Dragon Gang stay out of Changning Guard for a hundred years.
• When Long Wuji threatened Wang Shouzhe with his Purple Mansion pressure, Ancestor Fire Fox appeared in her seven-tailed form and drove the pressure back.
• Wang Shouzhe explained that he suspected Long Wuji’s backer was preparing for a broader struggle and that the Flood Dragon Gang sought Changning Guard as part of its plans.
• Long Wuji agreed to leave Changning Guard alone for fifty years, and he departed with Jiang Yusong and Du Tiangang.
• Wang Zongan asked whether the Wang Clan would be drawn into the future struggle, and Wang Shouzhe told him to marry soon and add heirs to the clan.

Wang Shouzhe assessed the Wang Clan’s finances and decided to pursue a rare Wuji Treasure Pill at auction to push his bloodline toward the fourth level. He sought additional funds from the Qian Clan, where newly appointed clan head Qian Xuehan had just become a Purple Mansion Seed, and learned that the Qian Clan also wanted the pill.

• Wang Shouzhe reviewed the Wang Clan’s finances and noted that it could mobilize five million Qian Gold while planning to develop farmland beyond its current territory.
• Wang Shouzhe decided he needed the Wuji Treasure Pill to improve his bloodline and resolved to raise up to ten million Qian Gold for the auction in Monan Prefecture.
• Wang Shouzhe met Qian Xuehan in Longzuo Prefecture City and learned that Qian Xuehan had become a Purple Mansion Seed after entering the Qian Clan’s inheritance ruins.
• Wang Shouzhe asked Qian Xuehan for funds to bid on the pill, and Qian Xuehan was shocked because the Qian Clan also planned to buy it but had budgeted only two and a half million Qian Gold.

Wang Shouzhe traveled with the Qian Clan to Monan Prefecture to buy a Wuji Treasure Pill, hoping to improve his cultivation potential. After the Mo Clan welcomed their party, Wang Shihai arrived and confronted them over the dining spot.

• Qian Xuehan agreed to help Wang Shouzhe secure reserve funds through an interest-free loan from Shouda Trading Firm.
• Wang Shouzhe set out for Monan Prefecture with Ancestor Longyan and the Celestial Realm puppet Wang Shouzhu, traveling alongside Qian Xuehan and two Qian Clan elders.
• Wang Shouzhe and the Qian Clan party crossed Tianlong Mountain and reached Monan Prefectural City, where the Mo Clan welcomed them and hosted a banquet at Guantian Pavilion.
• Wang Shouzhe quietly asked Qian Xuehan about the Mo Clan, learned of its rich iron mine and ties to the Qian Clan, and kept a low profile at the banquet.
• Wang Shihai barged into the banquet with several young noblemen and demanded that the Mo Clan yield its dining spot, prompting Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan to recognize him.

Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan encountered a staged dispute at the Mo Clan’s banquet, where Qian Xuehan defused the conflict and revealed his respect for them. Wang Shihai learned that Shouzhe was his senior by lineage, and the chapter ended with Monan Wang Clan Head Wang Zonghao arriving to welcome his clan relative.

• The Mo Clan provoked Wang Shihai and his companions into overturning a banquet table, but Qian Xuehan stopped the conflict by identifying himself as the Longzuo Qian Clan’s patriarch.
• Qian Xuehan invited Wang Shihai’s group to a new banquet, while Wang Shouzhe recognized that the Mo Clan had likely engineered the dispute to draw the Qian Clan into its orbit.
• Qian Xuehan greeted Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan with deference, then gave them the honored seats and introduced Shouzhe as Clan Head of the Changning Wang Clan.
• Wang Shihai discovered that Wang Shouzhe’s generational standing made him his Fourth Grandpa, and he sent a guard to verify their lineage.
• Wang Zonghao arrived, apologized for not welcoming his clan relative sooner, and Wang Shihai formally apologized to Wang Shouzhe as his Fourth Grandfather.

Wang Shouzhe visited the Monan Wang Clan, where Wang Shihai reluctantly hosted him and accidentally gave away a 100,000-Qian-Gold Purple Gold Note. After Wang Shihai invited him to visit the pleasure boats on Dongchacha Lake, Huangfu Feifei appeared and confronted him.

• Wang Shouzhe teased Wang Shihai and gave him a red envelope, then accepted Wang Zonghao's invitation to stay at the Monan Wang Clan's main residence.
• Wang Zonghao held a welcoming banquet for Wang Shouzhe and entrusted Wang Shihai with hosting him around Monan Prefecture.
• Wang Shihai tried to frighten away a crying child, but gave Wang Meitao Wang Shouzhe's red envelope and discovered it contained a 100,000-Qian-Gold Purple Gold Note.
• Wang Shihai took Wang Shouzhe sightseeing and invited him to visit the Tianyan Boat on Dongchacha Lake to see Fairy Tianyan.
• Huangfu Feifei confronted Wang Shihai, declaring that she would thrash him for her good sister.