Chapter Summaries

The Changning Wang Clan prepared to celebrate its promotion to a sixth-rank aristocratic clan and the Celestial Realm breakthroughs of Wang Luotong and Wang Shouyong. As the ceremony approached, rival clans accepted the Wang Clan’s growing dominance, and Wang Shihai arrived in Changning with Wang Meitao, who pressed him to repay his debt.

• Taishi Ankang announced that the Changning Wang Clan’s promotion to sixth rank had been approved, and the clan decided to hold a joint Celestial Banquet for Wang Luotong and Wang Shouyong alongside its elevation ceremony.
• Wāng Kunyuan and Wāng Xingzu learned of the Wang Clan’s strength, abandoned their opposition, and resolved to apologize and grow grain for the Wang Clan.
• Seventh-rank clans across the Southern Six Guards and Longzuo Prefecture prepared gifts and delegations to attend the ceremony, while lower-ranked clans planned to watch from afar.
• Nearly half a year later, guests began arriving in Changning as the Wang Clan’s ceremony drew near.
• Wang Shihai arrived at Dingpu Port with Wang Meitao, who extended his repayment deadline but demanded interest and urged him to seek help from Wang Shouzhe.

Wang Zong'an welcomed the Monan Wang Clan delegation, while Wang Shouzhe spent time with his descendants and promised Wang Yingxuan a place at the Holy Land. After meeting Wang Shihai and Wang Meitao, Wang Shouzhe heard about Wang Dingxin’s breakthrough, and the visit ended with Wang Shihai discovering Fairy Tianyan at the courtyard.

• Wang Zong'an greeted Wang Shihai, Wang Meitao, and the Monan Wang Clan’s young members, then assigned Wang Shi Zhao to host them.
• Wang Shouzhe entertained his descendants and promised Wang Yingxuan that she could attend the Holy Land when she turned eighteen.
• Wang Shi Zhao brought Wang Shihai and Wang Meitao to see Wang Shouzhe, and Wang Meitao reminded him that his Purple Gold Note had helped her.
• Wang Shihai presented the Monan Wang Clan’s gifts and told Wang Shouzhe that Wang Dingxin planned to hold a Purple Mansion banquet in three to five years.
• Wang Shihai lamented that Fairy Tianyan had disappeared, then turned and found her standing behind him.

The Changning Wang Clan hosted visiting aristocratic clans and prepared for its promotion to a Sixth-Rank Aristocratic Family. Ancestor Longyan unveiled the new plaque at a grand ceremony, and Wang Shouzhe later reviewed the clan’s expanded records with Xiao Xue.

• Wang Shouzhe told Wang Shihai that Fairy Tianyan was only a guest, while Fairy Tianyan served him the nourishing soup Liu Ruolan had ordered her to make.
• Aristocratic clans arrived in Ping'an Town with lavish gifts, and Wang Liyao’s follower Mo Wanchiu turned away young women seeking to meet her.
• Wu Bangzuo joined Lu Wenhong at the crowded Dingpu Ferry to witness the Changning Wang Clan’s promotion ceremony.
• Wang Shizhao welcomed Deputy Chief Commander Wei Wenxun and the Sixth-Rank Aristocratic Family Plaque on behalf of the clan.
• Wang Shouzhe invited Ancestor Longyan to unveil the plaque, officially raising the Changning Wang Clan to the Sixth Rank.
• Wang Shouzhe asked Xiao Xue to project the clan genealogy and review the clan’s latest records.

Wang Anye upheld justice in Xin'an Town, uncovered a Spirit Stone deposit, and discovered that a fake Yuanwater Spirit Crane egg was actually a rare Yuanwater Sky Sparrow egg. He left for Baidao Guard with plans to visit relatives, while the Rogue Cultivators who tried to swindle him were sent to Storm Bay.

• Wang Anye forced Dongbin Village's corrupt Village Head Liu to face an investigation and be sent to Storm Bay as punishment.
• Wang Anye found Spirit Stones inside a stone gifted by villagers and ordered the family to investigate a possible mine.
• At Shouzhe Pass, Wang Anye bought supplies from Rogue Cultivators and exposed their attempt to sell him a large goose egg as a Yuanwater Spirit Crane egg.
• Wang Anye ordered the Rogue Cultivators sent to Storm Bay for attempting a major fraud, and they were captured by his Celestial Realm guard.
• On the Flying Carriage, Wang Anye recognized the egg's Yuanwater Dao patterns and identified it as a Seventh Rank Yuanwater Sky Sparrow egg, which he planned to give to Great-Aunt Liyao.

Wang Anye gained insight into sword intent, found enormous Dragon Whale ambergris, and befriended a rare Jade-Horned Pegasus during his travels. Meanwhile, Gongyang Ce returned to Xuanmiao Peak, learned that Wang Shouzhe had defeated the plot against Longzuo, and decided to enlist Long Wuji to retaliate.

• Wang Anye watched the sunrise at Baidao Guard and carved the name Sword Enlightenment Stone into a rock after grasping the rudiments of sword intent.
• Wang Anye identified a huge mass of ambergris as the product of a tenth-rank Dragon Whale King and rewarded his guards with Qian Gold.
• Wang Anye gained further insight while watching the sunset in Northwest Guard, where a young Jade-Horned Pegasus chose to stay with him.
• Gongyang Ce returned to Xuanmiao Peak, and Xiaoyue reported that Wang Shouzhe had foiled the Longzuo Prefecture scheme and Fairy Youqing had died.
• Gongyang Ce recognized that Wang Shouzhe had planned the Qingluo Guard’s seafood industry long in advance, but dismissed the Wang Clan as unable to alter the larger political situation.
• Gongyang Ce ordered Xiaoyue to arrange a meeting with Long Wuji, intending to use him in the Imperial Son’s affairs and settle the score with Wang Shouzhe.

Gongyang Ce asked Long Wuji to break his agreement with the Changning Wang Clan and help destroy its growing sea trade, but Long Wuji refused and promised to act only after the agreement expired in two years. At the Wang Clan Grand Pasture, Wang Luotong killed a fifth-rank Wild Marsh Fierce Crocodile and warned that trouble in the Great Wild Marsh could be driving beasts toward the ranch.

• Gongyang Ce offered Long Wuji the Wang Clan’s marine-aquaculture profits in exchange for attacking the clan, but Long Wuji refused to break his fifty-year agreement.
• Gongyang Ce accepted a two-year delay, and Long Wuji promised to personally move against the Changning Wang Clan when the agreement ended.
• Lei Bowu arrived at the Wang Clan Grand Pasture with Wang Zongbo and learned that Wang Luotong was hunting Wild Marsh Fierce Crocodiles stealing livestock.
• Wang Shihao delivered Monan livestock and told Lei Bowu he wanted to leave for Qingluo Guard, but his family had forbidden him to go until he had five children.
• Wang Luotong returned with the head of a fifth-rank Fierce Crocodile and warned that disturbances in the Great Wild Marsh might be driving beasts outward, then sent word to Wang Shouzhe.

Prince Kang received the Soul-Shaking Bell from Gongyang Ce and invited him to join the coming campaign on the Outer Realm Battlefield, while warning him to guard against Wang Shouzhe. At the Wang Clan residence, Wang Shouzhe declined Fairy Tianyan’s attempt to recruit his clan and ended the chapter being summoned by Liu Ruoling to spar.

• Prince Kang accepted the Soul-Shaking Bell Gongyang Ce had brought back from the Cold Moon Immortal Dynasty, and the two worked together to refine it.
• Gongyang Ce told Prince Kang about his clash with Long Wuji, and Prince Kang explained his ties to the imperial clansmen and advised Gongyang Ce to prepare for Wang Shouzhe’s countermeasures.
• Prince Kang invited Gongyang Ce to accompany him to the Outer Realm Battlefield, and Gongyang Ce agreed.
• Fairy Tianyan told Wang Shouzhe that Gongyang Ce had returned and offered the support of her prince, but Wang Shouzhe refused to join a faction and said the Wang Clan would remain independent.
• Liu Ruolan and Liu Ruoling each made Wang Shouzhe drink their strange soup, and Liu Ruoling then ordered him to spar with her at Moon-Water Pavilion.

Wang Zongchang reported that a Seventh Rank great demon blocked the route to the Divine Martial Army training camp, while Wang Shouzhe prepared the Clan to clear the way. After Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan investigated a Fierce Beast migration in the Great Wild Marsh, they arrived as the Zhenze Wāng Clan faced a near-fatal battle with a powerful flood dragon.

• Wang Zongchang showed Wang Shouzhe maps of the borderlands and warned that a Seventh Rank great demon likely occupied the region near the Divine Martial Army training camp.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered Wang Zongchang, Ancestor Xiaohan, and Shouyong to clear Fifth and Sixth Rank Fierce Beast nests along the route.
• Wang Shouzhe received Wang Luotong's urgent report about Fierce Beasts migrating out of the Great Wild Marsh and traveled there with Ancestor Longyan.
• Ancestor Chengye and Wāng Xingzu's scouting party encountered a peak Sixth Rank Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon, which overwhelmed Ancestor Chengye and fought Ancestor Kunyuan.
• Ancestor Kunyuan struggled to hold off the flood dragon while Wāng Xingzu and the others tried to escape and seek help.
• Ancestor Longyan struck the flood dragon with a purple sword, and Wang Shouzhe arrived, suggesting they kill it to provide meat for Liyao.

Wang Shouzhe helped the Zhenze Wāng Clan confront a flood dragon and proposed developing the Wild Marsh, while Prince An Wu Mingyuan’s desert shelterbelt efforts brought him into contact with the Changning Wang Clan’s irrigation technology. The chapter ended with a dust-covered little beggar crashing into Wang Anye in Longzuo Prefecture’s capital.

• Lingbo, Ancestor Longyan, and Wang Shouzhe drove off the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon, which escaped into a deeper pool after taking another sword strike.
• Wang Shouzhe studied the Wāng Clan’s Wild Marsh map, proposed damming and developing the marsh, and offered Ancestor Kunyuan guidance on pursuing the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Prince An Wu Mingyuan inspected his shelterbelt in the Dara Great Desert, where his workers reported that one-third of their banyan saplings had survived.
• Gongye Qingrui scolded Wu Mingyuan for neglecting the War of the Imperial Sons, then showed him an irrigation pipe from the Changning Wang Clan and urged him to meet Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Anye prepared to board a private Flying Carriage in Longzuo Prefecture’s capital when a fleeing little beggar crashed into his arms.

Wang Anye took a mysterious little beggar aboard his luxurious Flying Carriage and brought her to Qingluo Guard, where he revealed that he had recognized her as a fugitive and ordered her arrested. Meanwhile, Wang Shouzhe’s marsh construction project advanced, and Prince An’s family learned that Wu Yiluo had disappeared after secretly leaving to see the sea.

• Wang Anye helped the little beggar board his Flying Carriage, then impressed her with its luxury and his Jade-Horned Flying Horse.
• Wang Shouzhe discussed how his construction team would dam Gourd Mouth Bay to trap the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon and prepare the Wild Marsh for crocodile farming.
• Wu Dianshan welcomed Wu Mingyuan and Gongye Qingrui, but their visit turned frantic when they discovered Wu Yiluo had gone missing.
• Wu Qianrou revealed that Wu Yiluo had used a recording disk and an aura-mimicking puppet to escape the mansion and travel alone to Qingluo Guard.
• After Wang Anye brought the little beggar to the City Governor’s Office, he identified her as a suspected fugitive and ordered the patrol squad to seize her; she revealed herself as Wu Yiluo.

Wang Anye mistook the disguised Wu Yiluo for a fugitive, fought her, and discovered that she was Prince An’s daughter and a powerful young cultivator. The arrival of Prince Zhenzuo Wu Dianshan with an order to seal Qingluo Guard left Wang Zongan fearing the children’s encounter had caused a serious problem.

• Wang Anye interrogated Wu Yiluo, identified her valuable possessions, and refused to believe her claim that she was a princess.
• Wu Yiluo revealed she was the little princess of Prince An’s Mansion, then fought Wang Anye after he accused her of lying; their fight exposed her disguise as a girl.
• Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo continued their duel outside, where each manifested a Dharma Image Phantom before Wang Zongan arrived and ordered Wang Anye to stop.
• Wu Yiluo introduced herself as Prince An Wu Mingyuan’s daughter, and Wang Zongan realized Wang Anye had bullied someone of imperial blood.
• Prince Zhenzuo Wu Dianshan arrived by Flying Carriage and ordered Wang Zongan to seal off all of Qingluo Guard.

Wang Zongan reunited Wu Yiluo with her parents after she blamed Wang Anye for their misadventures, and the adults learned the truth before asking Wang Shouzhe to resolve the matter. At the Great Wild Marsh, the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox stopped the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon from escaping; three days later, Wang Shouzhe met Prince An, setting the stage for a possible shift in the War of the Imperial Sons.

• Wang Zongan welcomed Prince An, Wu Mingyuan, Princess Consort Gongye Qingrui, and Prince Zhenzuo, Wu Dianshan, then called Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo forward.
• Wu Yiluo accused Wang Anye of bullying her, but Wang Anye recounted what had happened, and she eventually confirmed his version.
• Wu Dianshan urged Wang Zongan to invite Wang Shouzhe, while Wang Shouzhe received the message and left the Great Wild Marsh with Liu Ruolan for Qingluo Guard.
• After Wang Shouzhe departed, the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox battered the escaping Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon and forced it back into the marsh, where it guarded a river clam bearing near-sixth-grade Pearl Grass.
• Three days later, Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan met Prince An and Gongye Qingrui, and Wu Dianshan recognized that Wang Shouzhe could become a major variable in the War of the Imperial Sons.

Wang Shouzhe and Wu Mingyuan reconciled over Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo’s dispute, while Gongye Qingrui and Wu Dianshan worked to steer the adults toward a marriage alliance between the children. The chapter ended with Anye and Yiluo rejecting the proposal and getting beaten again as their elders continued discussing it.

• Liu Ruolan and Gongye Qingrui quickly became friendly, while Wang Shouzhe and Wu Mingyuan exchanged gifts and learned more about each other.
• Wang Shouzhe apologized for Wang Anye’s behavior, and Wang Zongan and Wang Shizhao punished Anye while Gongye Qingrui also beat Wu Yiluo.
• Gongye Qingrui considered the political benefits of an alliance with the Wang Clan and signaled that she wanted to guide the children toward marriage.
• Wu Dianshan proposed that Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo marry, but both children angrily rejected the match.
• Wang Shizhao and Gongye Qingrui beat Anye and Yiluo again for interrupting the adults’ discussion.

Wang Shouzhe tested Prince An, Wu Mingyuan, by questioning his plans to develop North Guard and reclaim the Dara Great Desert, then agreed to discuss a marriage between Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo. After several days of negotiations settled the match, Wang Shouzhe sent Wang Zongan to tell Liyao that the time had come to proceed with the plan.

• Wang Shouzhe questioned Wu Mingyuan about North Guard’s development, and Wu Mingyuan explained his plans for cultivation and a canal linking West Sea, North Guard, and Guilong City.
• Wang Shouzhe praised Wu Mingyuan’s grand plan, while Wu Mingyuan revealed that Prince Hao had helped devise it and Wu Dianshan warned him not to speak of Prince Hao.
• Wang Shouzhe weighed the strengths and risks of Prince Kang and Prince An, and privately began leaning toward Prince An.
• Wang Shouzhe and Prince An agreed to discuss Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo’s marriage, which the adults finalized after several days of tense negotiations.
• Wang Shouzhe gave Wang Zongan a letter for Liyao and told him to say that the time had come to proceed according to the plan.

Wang Shouzhe secured the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon as a future guardian Spirit Beast for the Wang Clan, while Wang Zongan visited Evergreen Valley to arrange support for the clan. The chapter ended with Wang Liyao preparing to reveal her strength and bring Xiange into action.

• Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Fire Fox negotiated with the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon, which agreed to serve the Wang Clan for two hundred years in exchange for the Pearl Grass and its care.
• Wang Shouzhe sealed the agreement with the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon and entrusted it to Ancestor Fire Fox for training.
• Wang Zongan returned to Evergreen Valley, reunited with former fellow disciples, and persuaded Senior Sister Luwei to lend the Wang Clan help and resources.
• Wang Zongan visited the Longevity Tree and told it that he was caring for its daughter as his Life-Bound Spirit Plant.
• Wang Liyao read Wang Shouzhe's letter, recognized that his plan had begun, and summoned Xiange as she prepared to take action.

At White Cloud Pavilion’s Big Eater Competition, Wang Liyao defeated the capital’s favored contestants and announced that she would challenge its prodigies and the Sacred Land’s Nine Lineages. Her declaration left Prince Heng and the crowd stunned as she began testing her strength in the capital.

• Prince Heng watched the Big Eater Competition and recalled Wang Lici, who had once eaten at White Cloud Pavilion for free.
• Wang Liyao outlasted Fang Yaowu and Shangguan Yunhong by using her Primordial Water Profound Qi to digest the spirit beef as she ate.
• Fang Yaowu collapsed from overeating, and Shangguan Yunhong quit after nearly vomiting.
• Shangguan Yunhong accused Wang Liyao of cheating and lunged to tear off her veil, but she kicked him off the stage.
• Wang Liyao revealed a banner identifying herself as Longzuo Academy’s true disciple and challenged anyone under one hundred and fifty to fight her, declaring she would defeat the capital’s prodigies and sweep through the Sacred Land’s Nine Lineages.

Wang Liyao began her trial of edge in Guilong City, where she effortlessly defeated Shangguan Yunhong and demonstrated her mastery of Primordial Water True Intent. Prince Heng recognized the significance of her arrival during the War of the Imperial Sons and wondered what it might mean.

• Prince Heng recognized Wang Liyao as True Person Tianhe's Great Heavenly Prodigy disciple after she announced her challenge to Shangjing's prodigies.
• Shangguan Yunhong's Celestial Realm guard attacked Wang Liyao, but Mo Wanchiu intercepted him and declared that challengers had to get past her first.
• Shangguan Yunhong entered his Dragon-Elephant Battle Body and charged Wang Liyao, who stopped him by redirecting his force into the cloud platform.
• Wang Liyao tossed Shangguan Yunhong off the arena, and Prince Heng declared that his defeat was final.
• Prince Heng recalled Gongyang Ce's trial of edge and suspected Wang Liyao's arrival might be connected to the War of the Imperial Sons.

Wang Liyao’s victory at White Cloud Pavilion drew Guilong City’s attention, while Prince Heng welcomed her and learned she was Wang Shouzhe’s daughter. Back in Ping'an Town, Wang Shouzhe confronted the mischievous Wang Yingqi and realized that his daughter, granddaughter, and grandniece might all be pulled into contests for the Sacred Land’s leadership.

• Prince Heng stopped Shangguan Yunhong from continuing the confrontation, and Fang Yaowu fled rather than challenge Wang Liyao.
• News of Wang Liyao’s Great Heavenly Prodigy Trial Battle spread through Guilong City, and Prince Heng offered her lavish hospitality and a new arena at White Cloud Pavilion.
• Wang Liyao told Prince Heng that her father was Wang Shouzhe of the Changning Wang Clan, though he had never heard of him.
• Wang Shouzhe caught eight fleeing children in the clan residence and questioned Wang Yingqi about her Heavenly Maiden Alliance with Wang Yingxuan.
• Wang Yingqi said she planned to accompany Wang Yingxuan to the Sacred Land and help her pursue the Saint path, leaving Wang Shouzhe to worry that several female relatives might be drawn into the struggle for Sacred Land leadership.

Wang Shouzhe forced the Wang Clan’s children to study, while Wang Liyao continued defeating challengers in Guilong City as Prince Heng turned the matches into a profitable spectacle. The chapter ended with Wang Liyao negotiating a share of the proceeds and confronting the problem of fighting Wang Annan, her junior by clan seniority.

• Wang Shouzhe gave the Wang Clan children piles of books and ordered them to take monthly exams, leaving them weeping after he departed.
• Prince Heng arranged scheduled challenges for Wang Liyao at White Cloud Pavilion, where she quickly defeated several young prodigies and Chen Muying.
• Wu Xuening persuaded Wu Zhixing to accompany her to White Cloud Pavilion so she could watch the Great Heavenly Prodigy Trial.
• Wang Liyao agreed to cooperate with Prince Heng for thirty percent of the trial’s revenue, then learned that Wang Annan was the next challenger.
• Wang Liyao pointed out that Wang Annan belonged to her grandson’s generation and said she would feel embarrassed to beat him, while Prince Heng insisted the match would cost extra.

Wang Liyao and Prince Heng raised the stakes on their partnership as rumors and hype turned her upcoming match with Wang Annan into a major event. In the arena, Wang Liyao overwhelmed him with Xiange and kept beating him for the full agreed duration, leaving the spectators stunned and Wang Annan begging for mercy.

• Wang Liyao negotiated a fifty-percent share of revenue with Prince Heng, who agreed to arrange their next match for profit.
• Prince Heng spread word of Wang Liyao’s humble origins, and the ensuing comparisons with Gongyang Ce and hype for her match with Wang Annan drew powerful spectators to White Cloud Pavilion.
• Wang Annan learned that Wang Liyao belonged to his grandaunt’s generation and angrily dismissed her claim of kinship before challenging her.
• Wang Annan attacked with the Wang Clan Shadow-Splitting Sword, but Wang Liyao summoned Xiange and crushed his assault with a powerful sword strike.
• Wang Liyao continued beating the injured Wang Annan for one incense stick’s time as promised, until he begged his great-aunt to stop.