Chapter Summaries

Wang Shouzhe oversaw the Holy Gu Tribe’s defeat of South Qin’s attackers, Wang Luojing’s succession as Saintess, and the tribe’s submission to Great Qian. Two years later, he prepared to advance to the Purple Mansion Realm on an island near Ice Sha Island.

• Saintess Dai and the Holy Gu Silkworm restrained Prince Beishan while the Gu elders intercepted and defeated South Qin’s prince and two Prefecture Princes.
• Wang Shouzhe declared that Wang Luojing would become Saintess and warned the Gu elders against mistreating her; Saintess Dai passed on the Holy Gu Silkworm and the Holy Gu True Method.
• Imperial Prince An and Saintess Jing signed the agreement making the Holy Gu Tribe part of Great Qian as the Southern Frontier Semi-Autonomous Commandery, with Wang Shouzhe insisting its people follow Great Qian’s laws and taxes.
• Emperor Longchang agreed to handle Xiao Limo and Prince Dexin, then sparred with Wang Shouzhe over his pension, gambling debts, and possible work beyond the domain.
• In spring of Longchang Calendar Year 3260, Wang Shouzhe began his final preparations to advance to the Purple Mansion Realm while Wang Lixian protected him on an island near Ice Sha Island.

Wang Shouzhe smoothly advanced to the Purple Mansion Realm with Wang Lixian shielding him from the tribulation, and his bloodline awakened to the seventh level. Five years later, a convoy carrying wedding gifts arrived in Changning for Wang Anye’s grand wedding, leaving Wu Jinghao astonished by the Wang Clan’s prosperity and the scale of the gathering.

• Wang Shouzhe broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm, and Wang Lixian withstood all six tribulation bolts with her energy shield.
• He received the Heavenly Dao’s feedback, awakened a seventh-level Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, and was congratulated by Ancestor Longyan and Liu Ruolan.
• Wang Shouzhe reflected that the Changning Wang Clan was nearing the strength required to become a fifth-rank aristocratic family and prepared to arrange Anye’s marriage.
• Five years later, Wu Jinghao and Wang Shihai escorted wedding gifts from Monan toward Changning in a convoy that included several powerful clans.
• Wu Jinghao marveled at the Southern Six Guards’ roads, crowds, and traffic as the convoy reached Changning Ferry, where many guests had already gathered for Wang Anye’s wedding.

As Wang Anye’s wedding approached, the Wang Clan received congratulatory guests and prepared elaborate accommodations. A veiled woman from the Immortal Dynasty arrived with a gift from Lici, leaving Wang Shouzhe and Long Wuji to meet her.

• Wang Shoucheng welcomed Wu Jinghao, Wang Shihai, and the Monan gift-bearing delegation at Changning Ferry.
• The Wang Clan organized the arriving guests, recorded their gifts, and housed them according to their status as preparations for Wang Anye’s wedding continued.
• Wang Shouzhe chatted with Long Wuji while Emperor Longchang, Prince Deshun, and Prince Yong'an played cards in his courtyard.
• A steward told Wang Shouzhe that a young woman from the Immortal Dynasty had arrived with a wedding gift from Lici, and Long Wuji accompanied him to meet her.
• The veiled woman criticized Emperor Longchang’s painting, then told Wang Shouzhe that he was even more handsome than Lici had described.

Zhao Xiqing returned from the Immortal Dynasty, revealed herself as Long Wuji’s mother, and beat both him and Prince Yong’an before Liu Ruolan persuaded her to stop. In Guilong City, Wang Anye’s wedding procession arrived aboard a Cloud Ray Flying Ship, but the two brides’ families argued over which princess he should fetch first, leaving Seventh Sister Military Banner to propose bringing them both back together.

• A veiled Divine Ability Realm cultivator struck Long Wuji for flirting with her, then revealed that she was disciplining her son after recognizing him as Wu Yingji.
• Zhao Xiqing identified herself as Prince Yong’an’s wife and beat him until Liu Ruolan intervened; she said she would present Lici’s wedding gift at the ceremony.
• The Wang Clan arrived in Guilong City aboard a Cloud Ray Flying Ship, drawing crowds after Emperor Longchang granted it an exemption from the city’s air ban.
• At the imperial palace, Wu Shengjun and Wu Xuening’s elder brother each urged Wang Anye to fetch their respective sister first, turning the wedding procession into a standoff.
• Wang Anye’s family debated which bride to fetch first until Seventh Sister Military Banner insisted he bring Wu Yiluo and Wu Xuening back together without establishing precedence.

Wang Anye’s wedding to Wu Yiluo and Wu Xuening proceeded after the Legion Banner and Infinite Treasure Ring persuaded both brides to cooperate. The procession reached the Wang Clan, whose fifth-rank status impressed the imperial guests, and the wedding ended with a lavish celebration and an outrageous gift from Wang Lici.

• Wang Anxin and Wang Anrui delivered the Infinite Treasure Ring and Legion Banner to Wu Yiluo and Wu Xuening, who were each persuaded to yield and travel to the palace.
• Wang Anye and his groomsmen overcame the imperial relatives’ challenges, brought both brides aboard the Cloud Ray Flying Ship, and escorted them to Changning Guard.
• The imperial wedding party discovered that the Wang Clan had advanced to fifth rank, and the lavish dowries drew attention across Great Qian.
• Wang Anye and the two brides completed the wedding rites, while the Qian Clan presented each bride with ten million Qian Gold and other guests offered valuable gifts.
• Zhao Xiqing delivered Wang Lici’s wedding present: a culinary review map and a chest of ingredients from an eighth-rank Yi-Wood Green Dragon, including a dragon whip intended to make Wang Anye more imposing.

At Wang Anye’s wedding, the clans and powerful figures presented lavish gifts, including a lost Dao Artifact component from Jiang Zhencang. After the guests departed, Anye entered the bridal chamber with Wu Xuening and Wu Yiluo, and the wedding night left both brides sharing the bed with him.

• Wang Liyao, Luoqiu, and Luojing presented gifts, then Chen Jinglong gave Wang Anye a Soul-Guarding Bell and Gongye Jingyan gifted him a restored cargo airship with its blueprints and usage rights.
• Wang Yingxuan delivered Jiang Zhencang’s sealed gift, which contained the missing flagpole of Legion Banner Seven, and Anye put it away with gratitude.
• The Wang Clan’s elders and companions gave their gifts before the guests departed and Anye returned to the bridal chamber with Wu Xuening and Wu Yiluo.
• Anye tossed a Qian Gold coin to decide whom to drink the nuptial wine with first, while both brides secretly used Golden Toad Treasure Powder in hopes of winning the wedding night.
• Passing Years, Snowcleaver, and City-Toppling Snow guarded the courtyard, but Wang Lixian and the others tried to sneak in before the Azure Dragon Sword drove them away.
• The next morning, Xuening and Yiluo both woke beside Anye, could not determine who had come first, and accepted his offer to make breakfast.

At sixteen, Wang Ningxi struggled with sealed, conflicting bloodlines and decided to break off his engagement, believing his frail body would burden his betrothed. After touring the clan’s towns, he returned to Wang Shouzhe, who heard about Ningxi’s farm-tool designs before turning the conversation to the engagement.

• Wang Ningxi’s breakthrough failed when his Yuanshui and Lihuo Bloodlines clashed, leaving his meridians damaged and both bloodlines sealed.
• Wang Ningxi wrote a letter breaking off his engagement to Miss Shangguan and told Wang Ji to send it, explaining that his condition would only harm her.
• Wang Ningxi planned to graduate early, work for the Artifact Refining Directorate, and use his divine sense and Autumn Water Sword to make his way despite his frail body.
• Wang Ningxi toured Xinping Town and Xin'an Town under Wang Shouwei’s protection, then returned after Wang Shouzhe summoned him.
• Wang Ningxi showed Wang Shouzhe blueprints for improved farm tools using beasts and mechanical transmission, and Wang Shouzhe asked to see a prototype.
• Wang Shouzhe asked why Wang Ningxi wanted to break off his engagement, and Wang Ningxi fell silent.

Wang Ningxi tried to break off his engagement to Shangguan Lingbo, but Wang Shouzhe and Wang Anxin punished him and planned to take him to the Holy Land to investigate his illness. When Ningxi returned to Xinping Town, Wang Yinglei told him that Lingbo had wept over his letter and was coming to Changning Guard with Shangguan Yunhong.

• Wang Shouzhe rejected Wang Ningxi's request to end his engagement and suggested Shangguan Lingbo could marry another Wang descendant instead.
• Wang Anxin emerged from the study and beat Wang Ningxi for concealing his decision from the family, while Wang Shouzhe said he would take him to consult Holy Lord Jiang about his illness.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered Ningxi to finish his invention designs before their visit to the Holy Land, and Wang Anxin beat him again.
• Several days later, Wang Ningxi visited the Livelihood Metal Goods General Factory in Xinping Town and watched Wang Yinglei secure a large iron-pot order from Shopkeeper Jiang.
• Wang Yinglei told Ningxi that Shangguan Lingbo had cried for three days after receiving his letter and was traveling to Changning Guard with Shangguan Yunhong.

Wang Ningxi arranged for his adjustable disc-blade plow to be made and tested, and its success impressed the Wang Clan’s agricultural experts. Wang Shouzhe then took him aboard a Flying Carriage toward the Holy Land, where he found Shangguan Yunhong and a young girl waiting with hostile looks.

• Wang Ningxi asked Wang Yinglei to help produce his disc-blade plow, and they signed an exclusive manufacturing agreement that would give him contribution points from sales.
• Wang Qi and his team built a prototype while Wang Ningxi filed the blueprints and copyright declaration through official channels.
• At Farm No. 13, Wang Anrong tested the plow with a Purple-Horn Spirit Ox and found it could reclaim difficult wasteland far more efficiently than a chisel plow.
• Wang Anrong estimated that the plow could cut plowing costs by at least half, and news of the successful trial reached Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Shouzhe brought Wang Ningxi aboard his Flying Carriage for their trip to the Holy Land, where Wang Ningxi found Shangguan Yunhong and a young girl waiting for him.

Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er feasted in Dusk Moon Prefecture City after escaping the Green Dragon Clan with a fortune, while Master Yunyang prepared to return to Lingyun Sacred Land. The chapter ended with Yunyang breaking through to the Divine Ability Realm and vowing to challenge Langya and seize the position of Saint Son.

• True Person Langya emerged from seclusion at Supreme Unity Peak, strengthened his Golden Sun Divine Ability, and discussed Gongyang Ce and the coming War of the Holy Sons with Master Jinji.
• Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er ate Dragon Whale meat in a Heaven-class cave abode, while Lici threatened the little green dragon that she kept as emergency food.
• Wang Lici recalled how she and Lan Wan'er had hidden in the Green Dragon Clan's Ancestral Dragon Land, eaten most of its eggs and green pythons, robbed a burial tomb, and escaped with the little green dragon and a fortune.
• Wang Lici used part of their wealth to buy a Divine Connection Sacred Pill and rent Master Yunyang a top-grade cave abode for his breakthrough.
• Master Yunyang endured the Divine Ability Lightning Tribulation at the edge of the West Gale Ocean, advanced to the Divine Ability Realm, and vowed to return with Wang Lici to challenge Langya and claim the Saint Son position.

True Person Yunyang celebrated his breakthrough into the Divine Ability Realm and prepared to return to Great Qian with Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er. Aboard the Cloud Ray Flying Ship, Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er met Gongyang Ce and Jiang Xingyuan, who were also traveling to East Qian Kingdom.

• Yunyang broke through to the Divine Ability Realm, received congratulations from Dusk Moon's cultivators, and learned Prefecture Lord Ying Yuanye would not recruit him because he belonged to Lingyun Sacred Land.
• True Person Yunyang reunited with Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er, then planned to return home after making new friends and celebrated by ordering a Dragon Whale stew.
• Gongyang Ce traveled toward Dusk Moon Prefecture City with Han Langtai and Jiang Xingyuan, agreed to visit the Wang Clan with Jiang Xingyuan, and prepared to return to Great Qian to compete for the Holy Son position.
• Wang Lici, Lan Wan'er, and True Person Yunyang bought Cloud Ray Flying Ship tickets from the fat shopkeeper, who charged them extra for meals after recognizing them.
• Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er boarded the ship with Yunyang and called the fat shopkeeper kind-hearted, while the Green Dragon Patriarch feared their appetite.
• Jiang Xingyuan and Gongyang Ce approached Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er, introduced themselves, and asked whether the two fairy maidens were headed to East Qian Kingdom.

Jiang Xingyuan invited Wang Lici, Lan Wan'er, and their companions to dine aboard the Cloud Ray Flying Ship as Wang Shouzhe’s party arrived at Lingyun Sacred Land. Wang Shouzhe reunited with his relatives and considered the plans surrounding Wang Yingxuan’s peerless aptitude and the Wang Clan’s future.

• Jiang Xingyuan invited Gongyang Ce, Wang Lici, Lan Wan'er, and True Person Yunyang to share a meal during their journey, and True Person Yunyang encouraged the younger people to make friends.
• Wang Shouzhe and his party admired Lingyun Sacred Land’s strange landscapes as they approached, while Wang Ningxi and Shangguan Lingbo exchanged sincere promises and Shangguan Yunhong silently suffered through their affection.
• Wang Lingzhu welcomed Wang Shouzhe’s party at the Sacred Land and gave gifts to Wang Ningxi and Shangguan Lingbo.
• Wang Shouzhe greeted Wang Yingxuan and Wang Yingqi, then reflected on Jiang Zhencang’s effort to develop Wang Yingxuan into a successor by secretly raising her aptitude to the Peerless Prodigy level.
• Wang Shouzhe considered the Wang Clan’s plans to support future Void Ascension Realm cultivators and pursue inheritance opportunities through exploration of the Heavenly Pivot Continent.

Wang Shouzhe arrived at Lingyun Sacred Land and settled into Eternal Spring Garden while Wang Yingxuan revealed her special preparation for the War of the Holy Sons. Elsewhere, Wang Luoqiu completed the first stage of the Glazed Bright King Hall inheritance, and Wang Lici’s extravagant feast aboard a flying ship ended with Yao Chengchao and Gongyang Ce learning that she was Wang Shouzhe’s niece.

• Wang Lingzhu introduced Wang Shouzhe to collateral Wang Clan cultivators before guiding him and his companions to their lodgings in Eternal Spring Garden.
• Wang Yingxuan told Wang Shouzhe and Wang Ningxi that Sacred Lord Jiang was giving her special training for the War of the Holy Sons and planned to take her to the Immortal Palace.
• Wang Luoqiu emerged from the Glazed Bright King Hall after completing the first stage of its inheritance, and True Person Mingcheng urged her to aim for the Divine Ability Realm.
• Wang Luoqiu rejected the suggestion that she enter the War of the Holy Sons without first becoming a Peerless Prodigy, then left to seek Wang Shouzhe’s advice.
• Wang Lici and her companions consumed an enormous amount of food aboard the Cloud Ray Flying Ship, leaving Jiang Xingyuan and Gongyang Ce unable to cover the bill.
• Wang Lici told Yao Chengchao and Gongyang Ce that her Fourth Brother was Wang Shouzhe and that she intended to become Holy Maiden of Lingyun Sacred Land.

Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er left Jiang Xingyuan with an enormous bill and no new friends as they headed toward the War of the Holy Sons. Far away, Yin Sha Sect Master Qi Hongzhao emerged from a century of seclusion, prepared for a coming alliance with the Demon Dynasty and eager to claim Yin Fengtu’s gifted nominal disciple as his own.

• Yao Chengchao recognized Wang Lici as the mastermind behind the wolf cubs that had once caused him trouble, while Gongyang Ce and Jiang Xingyuan learned she was competing for the Saint Daughter position.
• Yao Chengchao demanded IOUs from Jiang Xingyuan and Gongyang Ce for the unpaid portion of their extravagant meal, and Jiang Xingyuan signed despite protesting the price.
• Lan Wan'er rejected Jiang Xingyuan’s attempt to befriend her and Wang Lici because he was friends with Gongyang Ce, whom she considered Sister Lici’s enemy.
• Yin Fengtu checked on Qi Hongzhao’s secluded hall, and Qi Hongzhao emerged after a hundred years in seclusion.
• Yin Fengtu reported the War of the Imperial Sons’ consequences and an imminent visit from an important True Demon Hall figure, prompting Qi Hongzhao to summon sect elders and invite the Great Emperors of Jin and Qin.
• Yin Fengtu asked permission to make his exceptional nominal disciple his personal disciple, but Qi Hongzhao declared that he would claim her as the precious disciple he had awaited for three thousand years.

Wang Shouzhe secured the Azure Emperor True Method inheritance and learned of a possible Blood Venerable lair that might cure Wang Ningxi. Meanwhile, Wang Lici’s return to East Qian Kingdom left Yao Chengchao facing a century of unpaid work.

• Jiang Zhencang approved Wang Shouzhe’s purchase of the Azure Emperor True Method inheritance for six million Immortal Crystals, payable over sixty years.
• Jiang Zhencang told Wang Shouzhe that Wang Ningxi’s condition might be cured with a blank high-grade Wedding Dress Blood Gu from a hidden Blood Venerable lair, and gave him the Sacred Land’s intelligence on a possible main base.
• Wang Shouzhe began investigating the Blood Venerable lair while remaining at Lingyun Sacred Land to receive the Azure Emperor True Method inheritance.
• Wang Lici, Gongyang Ce, and Jiang Xingyuan arrived in East Qian Kingdom aboard Yao Chengchao’s Cloud Ray Flying Ship after using their meal contracts and selling provisions to drive Yao Chengchao into heavy losses.
• Yao Chengchao settled his accounts with Wang Lici’s group and found that he would have to work for Wang Lici for a hundred years.

Wang Shouzhe received the Azure Emperor Sacred Stele’s inheritance and awakened the Great Divine Ability Evolution, which accelerated plant growth and mutations. Meanwhile, Wang Longyan, concealed as Ruobing, gained Qi Hongzhao’s protection within the Yin Sha Sect and revealed her extraordinary bloodline to the emperors of South Qin and West Jin.

• Wang Shouzhe awakened from the inheritance and found that his understanding of the Way of Wood had deepened.
• Wang Shouzhe used his new Great Divine Ability to rapidly grow pasture grass, produce mutated seeds, and named the ability Evolution.
• Wang Shouzhe planned to use the enhanced ability to improve the Wang Clan’s future grain-seed generations and considered Wang Longyan’s infiltration of the Yin Sha Sect.
• Qi Hongzhao brought his new disciple Ruobing, secretly Wang Longyan, to meet Great Emperor Yuanyou and Great Emperor Yanqing.
• Wang Longyan blocked Great Emperor Yuanyou’s probing, and Qi Hongzhao intervened when Yuanyou threatened her.
• Qi Hongzhao revealed that Ruobing had a Peerless Prodigy-grade ice Baleful Intent mutant bloodline and a Pure Yin physique, astonishing the emperors and leaving Yin Fengtu distressed that his former disciple had become his junior sister.

The Blood Child Devil Master traveled with Yin Serpent Demoness and Ancient Elephant Devil Master to force the Yin Sha Sect and nearby states into submission. At Lingyun Sacred Land, True Person Yunyang returned with Wang Lici and confronted True Person Tianhe before Jiang Zhencang arrived.

• The Blood Child Devil Master explained that he had come to prevent the Yin Sha Sect and the states of Jin and Qin from resisting the True Demon Hall's plans, and vowed to destroy anyone who opposed him.
• True Person Yunyang returned to Lingyun Sacred Land and declared that he would make Langya repay their old grudges.
• Jiang Xingyuan, Gongyang Ce, Yao Chengchao, Lan Wan'er, and Wang Lici speculated about Yunyang's feud with Langya as the group arrived at the Sacred Land.
• True Person Tianhe arrived with Wang Liyao, who greeted Wang Lici, and the two sisters happily reminisced about their childhood.
• True Person Yunyang became furious after hearing that Jiang might be planning to cheat, and Jiang Zhencang appeared by tearing through space to confront him.

Jiang Zhencang reunited with True Person Yunyang and met Wang Lici, while maneuvering to secure Wang Yingxuan’s chances in the coming War of the Holy Sons. As Sacred Land factions pushed to hold the contest early, Wang Shouzhe turned Yao Chengchao’s complaint into a lesson in ethics and assigned both him and Wang Lici to study at the Clan School.

• Jiang Zhencang welcomed his returning disciple True Person Yunyang, gave Wang Lici a million Immortal Crystals, and offered Yunyang pills while revealing his plans to support Wang Yingxuan.
• Jiang Zhencang demoted Gongyang Ce’s prospects and questioned Wang Liyao’s rapid cultivation, but True Person Tianhe hurriedly took her away before she could answer.
• True Person Yunyang allied with True Person Langya, and the Sacred Land’s lineage heads petitioned to start the War of the Holy Sons early; Jiang Zhencang decided the timing could favor Wang Yingxuan.
• Yao Chengchao asked Wang Shouzhe to judge Wang Lici’s price hikes, but Wang Ningxi criticized Yao’s conduct and Wang Shouzhe required him to study law and ethics before cooperation resumed.
• Wang Shouzhe gave Wang Lici a stack of Clan School books and assigned Wang Ningxi to teach her and Yao Chengchao.

Wang Longyan witnessed Blood Child Devil Lord arrive at the Yin Sha Sect and demand that its leaders help the True Demon Hall raid East Qian for Blood Venerable’s stronghold. Meanwhile, Wang Ningxi began tutoring a group of unruly students, and Yao Chengchao broke down after failing a mathematics test.

• Wang Longyan ordered food and local spirit wine prepared for the expected True Demon Hall guests, then watched their dragon ship appear above the Sacred Hall.
• Qi Hongzhao welcomed Yin Serpent Demoness, Ancient Elephant Devil Lord, and Blood Child Devil Lord, whose arrival alarmed the Yin Sha Sect leaders and the two emperors.
• Yin Serpent Demoness revealed that the True Demon Hall had traced Blood Venerable’s stronghold to East Qian and proposed using armies from West Jin, South Qin, and the Yin Sha Sect as a diversion.
• Blood Child Devil Lord crushed Great Emperor Yuanyou with his aura, then promised compensation for losses and rewards if the plan succeeded; the leaders agreed to assist.
• Wang Ningxi began tutoring Shangguan Lingbo, Wang Lici, Lan Wan’er, Wang Lixian’s avatar, a mutated green snake, and Yao Chengchao at Eternal Spring Garden.
• Yao Chengchao attempted Wang Ningxi’s mathematics test, failed, and tearfully declared that he had managed to do business without an education.

Wang Ningxi tested Wang Lici and the others, revealing how weak their foundations were, while two Lingyun Sacred Land prodigies secretly watched them. Wang Shouzhe then met with Azure Emperor Valley’s leaders, where Junior Sister Luwei agreed to compete in the War of the Holy Sons with the lineage’s backing.

• Wang Ningxi gave Yao Chengchao, Wang Lici, Lan Wan'er, Shangguan Lingbo, Wang Lixian, and the little green snake an assessment; Wang Lixian scored highest, while the others earned low marks.
• Yu Nianyun, disguised as a White Tiger, and Zhen Sicong, concealed in a fire-element Spirit Butterfly, secretly observed the group, and Zhen Sicong mistook their test for War of the Holy Sons preparation.
• Wang Shouzhe met True Person Qingsong, Master Changchun, Junior Sister Luwei, and Wang Changsheng in Azure Emperor Tower, where Wang Changsheng asked to stay with the Wang Clan and attend its school.
• Master Changchun also asked to stay with the Wang Clan, and Wang Shouzhe welcomed him.
• True Person Qingsong urged Junior Sister Luwei to compete in the War of the Holy Sons and promised Azure Emperor Valley’s full financial support; Luwei agreed to try.