Chapter Summaries

Wang Fugui’s and Yun Mengyu’s forces plundered estates near Xianggu City while Wang Fugui gave former Yan Clan ancestor Yan Chengde resources to free slaves and attack aristocratic estates. As Qiu Daoyu struggled to defend the capital, Lüqiu Yuanmo persuaded her that capturing the young commanders could turn the war; after the two armies staged a convincing quarrel, Qiu Daoyu and Lüqiu Yuanmo launched a surprise attack.

• Wang Fugui gave Yan Chengde grain, weapons, and criminal slaves to help him strike aristocratic families and rescue enslaved people, while forbidding attacks on commoners.
• Qiu Daoyu ordered the recruitment of more militia and guards as she worried that Xianggu City’s depleted defenses could not stop the approaching armies.
• Lüqiu Yuanmo told Qiu Daoyu that Yun Mengyu and Wang Fugui commanded the enemy forces, and proposed capturing them in a surprise attack.
• Wang Fugui’s troops plundered and burned a Lüqiu Clan spirit herb estate while Qiu Daoyu and Lüqiu Yuanmo watched from concealment.
• Wang Fugui and Yun Mengyu staged a public quarrel that convinced Qiu Daoyu and Lüqiu Yuanmo their armies were divided, prompting the pair to attack.

Wang Fugui’s forces defeated a surprise attack by Demon Yan Kingdom’s elites and captured Xianggu City after he negotiated with the captured clan heirs. He ordered the city locked down and led his troops toward the Imperial Palace to seize its valuables.

• Qing Shao led the Southern Yan elites in an attack on the warehouse, but Rong Mama drove them back until Qiu Kui transformed and fought her in the sky.
• Ji Yue'er captured Lüqiu Yuanmo as Wang Fugui’s troops revealed their ambush, surrounded the attackers, and forced the young elites to surrender.
• Wang Fugui questioned the captives, threatened to execute them, and then agreed to spare them if they helped prevent a costly siege and paid ransom later.
• Lüqiu Yuanmo led the captured heirs back to Xianggu City, where they opened its gates and surrendered control of the defenses to Wang Fugui’s battle groups.
• Wang Fugui ordered Xianggu City locked down for ten days and marched with his troops to attack the Imperial Palace.

Wang Fugui’s forces captured the Southern Yan Imperial Palace and plundered its treasures while collecting ransoms from aristocratic families. After Wang Fugui advanced to the fourth level of the Spirit Platform Realm and Wang Baocai reached the fifth rank, the spirit tree activated a hidden Demon Emperor Token, summoning a projection of the Red Moon Demon Emperor, who warned Wang Fugui that he should not have come.

• Wang Fugui’s battle groups broke through the palace defenses, captured its guards, and began looting its vaults.
• Wang Baocai revealed a hidden chamber in the Heavenly Treasure Vault, and Wang Fugui threatened Princess Jiabao with consequences if Eunuch Hai continued lying.
• Aristocratic families paid ransoms for their captured heirs while Wang Fugui advanced to the fourth level of the Spirit Platform Realm, allowing Wang Baocai to break through to the fifth rank.
• Wang Baocai gathered more treasure qi and produced Wealth-Gathering Fruits, one of which yielded a black token that he activated.
• The token summoned a projection of the Red Moon Demon Emperor, who recognized the Seven-Colored Glazed Treasure-Gathering Tree and told Wang Fugui that he should not have come.
• Wang Fugui respectfully greeted the Demon Emperor and asked whether he should leave.

Wang Fugui escaped the Demon Emperor’s attempt to kill him, and Rong Mama and Ji Yue'er battled the Demon Emperor’s projection while Wang Lixian helped defend them. As the fight turned in their favor, Yun Mengyu summoned Immortal Emperor Muyun to confront him.

• The Demon Emperor drank with Wang Fugui, recalled his friendship with Emperor Yongxi, and then revealed he planned to kill Fugui as a future threat.
• Wang Fugui vanished into Blessing of Ancestor Panpan as Rong Mama and Ji Yue'er arrived and attacked the Demon Emperor’s projection.
• Wang Fugui defended Ji Yue'er’s choice to leave the Demon Dynasty, and the Demon Emperor fought Rong Mama and Ji Yue'er while Fugui withdrew with his companions.
• Wang Lixian used the Heaven-Shaking Shield and her Fire Dragon Fruit Formation to support the battle, while Wang Fugui urged her not to destroy the projection.
• Yun Mengyu activated the Chuannan Princess Token, summoning Immortal Emperor Muyun to confront the Demon Emperor.

Yun Tiange confronted Demon Emperor Crimson Prison over the Red Moon Demon Dynasty’s invasion, while Wang Fugui exposed Chao Qianjue’s role and pressed the advantage as negotiations collapsed. Elsewhere, Emperor Qing Yu captured Emperor Yuanjing after an earthquake revealed his hiding place, leaving Yan Kingdom’s defeat confirmed.

• Yun Tiange arrived to aid Wang Fugui and battered Demon Emperor Crimson Prison’s projection, with Wang Fugui’s forces joining the attack.
• Wang Fugui explained that Chao Qianjue’s battle groups had started the conflict, and Crimson Prison accepted that the Chao Clan had provoked the war.
• After learning Yan Kingdom had lost three commanderies, Yun Tiange and Crimson Prison argued over ceasefire terms while Wang Fugui ordered his troops to continue looting Xianggu City.
• Emperor Yuanjing ordered the remaining Profound Mountain Iron Cavalry to flee their cavern when an earthquake threatened to bury them, but the tremor exposed their position.
• Emperor Qing Yu and Wang Anye’s forces surrounded Yuanjing and the eight hundred surviving soldiers; Qing Yu announced that Shangjing City and the imperial palace had fallen, and Yuanjing collapsed after hearing the news.
• Mu Yun Immortal Emperor told Crimson Prison that Emperor Qing Yu had captured Yuanjing alive, worsening the Demon Emperor’s position in the negotiations.

The Annihilation Demon Hall moved to challenge Chao Qianjue after his military failures damaged his reputation, while Chao planned to rebuild his standing through the Outer Realm Battlefield and retaliate against the Wang Clan. Wang Lixian returned to the Wang residence with Nine-Yin Demon Envoy, whom she had captured as a concubine for Wang Shouzhe, leaving him alarmed by Liu Ruolan’s reaction.

• Liu Shiyu and other Annihilation Demon Hall leaders urged Tian Xie Devil Master Ji Chongxuan to seize Chao Qianjue’s setbacks as an opportunity for Zongzheng Yingshao to contend for the Demon Venerable’s succession.
• Rumors of Chao Qianjue’s defeats spread across the Red Moon Demon Dynasty, prompting factions to demand that he be punished and removed from the succession.
• Chao Qianjue reluctantly accepted Gong Litu’s advice to go to the Outer Realm Battlefield to restore his reputation, but ordered the Fifth Ancestor to destroy the Wang Clan and capture Yin Serpent Demoness.
• Wang Lixian returned to the Wang residence carrying Nine-Yin Demon Envoy and announced that she had captured her as a concubine for Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Shouzhe noticed Liu Ruolan’s sharp gaze and feared Wang Lixian’s surprise would get him into trouble.

Wang Shouzhe counted the Wang Clan’s immense spoils, and the clan rose to fourth rank as its allies advanced as well. In the Red Moon Demon Dynasty, Wang Longyan and Azure Phoenix Demon Emperor discussed their plans before Wang Longyan defeated the Heavenly Treasure Young Prefecture Lord, catching Shentu Jingming’s interest.

• Wang Lixian offered the captured Nine-Yin Demon Envoy to Wang Shouzhe, and Liu Ruolan kept the prisoner to serve her for the time being.
• Wang Shouzhe reviewed the spoils from Northern Zhou and Spirit Canal Continent, including two Dao Artifacts, seven Divine Ability inheritance sites, and many valuable resources.
• Imperial Prince An promoted the Wang Clan to fourth rank, while the Longzuo Qian Clan and the Wang Clan’s allied marriage clans also advanced in rank.
• Shentu Jingming avoided returning to the Demon Dynasty’s capital, while Wang Longyan and Azure Phoenix Demon Emperor discussed Little Demon Lord Chao Qianjue’s setbacks and the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• The Heavenly Treasure Young Prefecture Lord attacked Wang Longyan, and she sent him flying with a single sword strike that left him frozen in a crater.
• Shentu Jingming watched Wang Longyan defeat the Young Prefecture Lord and decided that she would be his future prince’s consort.

Wang Longyan rejected Shentu Jingming’s advances, but considered joining him to explore a ruin linked to Demon Plant Venerable. Meanwhile, Crimson Prison Demon Emperor berated his older sons over their failures, while Wang Fugui confidently interpreted Great Ancestor’s strategy before Ancestor Qing Yu arrived with a gift.

• Eunuch Zhuo drove off Heavenly Treasure Prefecture’s Divine Ability Attendant, and Wang Longyan froze Shentu Jingming after he tried to flirt with her.
• Shentu Jingming revealed a jade pendant tied to a possible True Immortal ruin and invited Wang Longyan to join him; she said she would consider it.
• Crimson Prison Demon Emperor ordered Shentu Yuanzheng to suppress the northern frontier rebellion within three years and scolded Shentu Kaixuan over new-style battle armor.
• Crimson Prison Demon Emperor learned Shentu Jingming was exploring a ruin and threatened to send him to the Outer Realm Battlefield when he returned.
• Wang Fugui explained his theory that Great Ancestor had attacked Yan Kingdom to pressure the Red Moon Demon Dynasty, and Ancestor Qing Yu arrived with a gift.

Wang Fugui negotiated Liang Kingdom’s rewards and the Chao Clan’s ransom, securing enormous gains for the Wang Clan and its allies. Meanwhile, Wang Anye’s return journey through the Divine Martial Sky Ruins ended with him acquiring Wanwan, a Dao Sword that revealed herself to be a half-step Immortal Artifact.

• Qing Yu the Great Emperor tried to arrange introductions between Wang Fugui and a group of aristocratic beauties, but Wang Fugui exposed his financial motives and negotiated to offset Liang Kingdom’s rewards with mining rights and copper.
• Chao Yuanning and the Chao Clan delegation negotiated with Wang Fugui over their captured troops, equipment, and battle losses, eventually agreeing to pay five hundred million Immortal Crystals.
• Wang Fugui divided the spoils and rewards, earning the Wang Clan resources worth five hundred and fifty million Immortal Crystals and the Dao Artifact Heaven-Shaking Shield.
• Wang Anye left Liang Kingdom and boarded a Yao Air Transport Cloud Ray Flying Ship, which was badly damaged while escaping an energy tide in the Divine Martial Sky Ruins.
• Wang Anye revealed that he had caught the sword Wanwan during the energy tide, and Wanwan announced that she was a half-step Immortal Artifact.

Wang Anye learned that Wanwan was a half-step Immortal Artifact and heard her account of the Divine Martial Dynasty’s final battle against the Outer Realm demons. Later, Imperial Prince An sought a huge loan from Wang Shouzhe, who offered a smaller loan and a plan to accelerate Great Qian’s development, leaving the two debating who would bear the burden.

• Wanwan revealed that she was a half-step Immortal Artifact, and Yao Baichuan congratulated Wang Anye while he promised the Yao Clan compensation for its role in the discovery.
• Wanwan told Wang Anye that her master, Yao Guifang, and the Ninth Legion had died fighting the Outer Realm demons, and she recalled that Wu Panpan had led their army group.
• Imperial Prince An reviewed Great Qian’s growing tax revenue and costly development plans, then decided to seek financial help from Wang Shouzhe.
• Imperial Prince An asked Wang Shouzhe for a loan of 200 million Immortal Crystals, but Wang Shouzhe offered 100 million at three percent annual interest, repayable within thirty years.
• Wang Shouzhe presented a more radical plan to resolve Great Qian’s funding crisis, and Imperial Prince An accepted it despite fearing criticism from the Imperial Clan Court.

Wang Jidie, Princess Huarui, ran away to the Immortal Dynasty after her parents disciplined her, and Wang Shouzhe revealed that he had secretly arranged for her to be watched. On the Cloud Ray Flying Ship, Wang Ningxi found her causing chaos with a Green Dragon and agreed to let her continue the trip, but made both of them study under his supervision.

• Wang Ningyi and Wang Ningyao told Wang Shouzhe that Wang Jidie was missing, and he revealed that she had boarded a Cloud Ray Flying Ship bound for the Immortal Dynasty.
• Wang Shouzhe told the worried family that he had already arranged for someone to watch Wang Jidie, then reprimanded her parents for beating her.
• Yao Chengchao, Pei Xin'an, and Wang Ningxi rushed to the cargo hold after an alarm sounded aboard the Cloud Ray Flying Ship.
• Wang Ningxi found Wang Jidie ordering a Green Dragon to attack Yao Air Transport's escorts and stopped Old Pei from being struck by her Legion Commander's Protection.
• Wang Jidie told Wang Ningxi that she had run away to find her brother, and he let her stay on the trip while requiring her and the Green Dragon to make up lessons.

Wang Longyan and the Azure Phoenix Demon Emperor opened Demon Plant Venerable’s ruins and discovered that Shouzhe might qualify for her inheritance. Meanwhile, Commandant Liu plotted against East Qian’s Profound Armor contract, Wang Ningxi brought Wang Jidie and the Green Dragon Ancestor to Cold Moon Immortal City, and True Lord Bailian faced the arrival of Suiyun Grand Princess.

• Shentu Jingming used a jade pendant and the Azure Phoenix Demon Emperor’s power to open a spatial gateway to Demon Plant Venerable’s ruins, where Wang Longyan learned that a peerless Grade B wood-element cultivator might qualify for the inheritance.
• Commandant Liu ordered an inspection of East Qian’s Profound Armor delivery, hoping to undermine its contract, and demanded that True Lord Bailian finish repairing Suiyun Grand Princess’s Dao artifacts.
• Wang Ningxi arrived at Cold Moon Immortal City with Wang Jidie and the Green Dragon Ancestor, then made them study while promising Wang Jidie time off if she completed her test papers.
• True Lord Bailian refused to repair Suiyun Grand Princess’s Dao artifacts until she confronted him in person, whereupon he quickly changed his attitude and went out to greet her.

Suiyun Princess received her repaired Dao artifacts from True Lord Bailian, whose grievance with Commandant Liu emerged as Pei Xin'an returned with Wang Ningxi and Wang Jidie. Wang Ningxi impressed Bailian with his artifact-refining talent and began persuading him to visit East Qian, while Suiyun Princess suspected the Wang Clan was trying to recruit him; elsewhere, Wang Shouzhe considered pursuing a True Immortal legacy that could provide him with a wood-element Immortal Scripture.

• Suiyun Princess inspected the restored Heavenly Resonance Dao Sword and Rainbow Garment Dao Robe, thanked True Lord Bailian, and promised to investigate his conflict with Commandant Liu.
• Pei Xin'an returned to Bailian Hall, where True Lord Bailian scolded him before accepting Suiyun Princess's plea to forgive him.
• Pei Xin'an introduced Wang Ningxi to True Lord Bailian, and Ningxi answered Bailian's artifact-refining questions and demonstrated a rare flame born from water and fire working together.
• True Lord Bailian became engrossed in Ningxi's ideas about artifact refinement and agreed to visit East Qian, prompting Suiyun Princess to suspect the Wang Clan was recruiting him.
• Wang Shouzhe read a secret letter about Ancestor Longyan's encounter with a True Immortal-level ruin and prepared to set out with Liu Safety in pursuit of a wood-element Immortal Scripture.

Wang Shouzhe prepared for a future trip to the Demon Kingdom while Wang Ningxi maneuvered to become True Lord Bailian’s inheriting disciple. As the Suiyun Grand Princess tried to find a rival artifact-forging genius, Wang Jidie collapsed during her studies and began a violent bloodline metamorphosis.

• Wang Shouzhe drilled defensive and retreat tactics with Liu Safety, Wang Tank, and Wang Baoli before the returning Changning Wang Clan Militia Corps delivered three valuable treasures.
• Wang Shouzhe rewarded Ji Yue'er and began planning more preparations for his trip to the Demon Kingdom.
• True Lord Bailian offered Wang Ningxi an inheriting-disciple position, and Wang Ningxi encouraged a competition to ease the Suiyun Grand Princess’s concerns while deepening the conflict with the Craftsmen Directorate.
• The Suiyun Grand Princess took Wang Jidie to her residence and organized a search for young artifact-forging geniuses, asking Yun Xiuyuan to bring her the imperial-house talent Yun Tongguang.
• Wang Jidie fainted over her test papers, and the Suiyun Grand Princess recognized signs of a second bloodline metamorphosis as Wang Jidie shouted in her unconsciousness about killing fiends from beyond the realm.

Wang Jidie awakened memories of a past life while her bloodline transformed, reaching third-grade Spirit Body under Sage Physician True Lord’s care. Suiyun Grand Princess’s effort to challenge Wang Ningxi at artifact refining failed badly, and she considered asking Ancestor King Lanxin to keep True Lord Bailian from leaving for East Qian.

• Wang Jidie’s exposure to the True Immortal fist intent triggered a bloodline transformation, and Sage Physician True Lord stabilized her with acupuncture and Nine Heavens Immortal Dew.
• Sage Physician True Lord confirmed that Wang Jidie had reached third-grade Spirit Body, while Suiyun Grand Princess told her to keep her possible True Immortal reincarnation secret.
• Yun Xiuyuan brought Yun Tongguang and other young artifact refiners to compete against Wang Ningxi, but Wang Ningxi answered all ten questions correctly and finished first.
• Wang Ningxi explained the problems to Yun Tongguang and the other contestants, who were so impressed that they asked to learn from him.
• Yun Xiuyuan proposed that Suiyun Grand Princess use Ancestor King Lanxin to entice True Lord Bailian, and Suiyun knocked him out before quietly considering the idea.

Princess Huarui dragged Princess Suiyun around the Immortal City, where they ran into Huarui’s grandfather, Wang Anye, and accompanied him to Duobao Pavilion. Wang Anye bought a rare True Immortal Strike to protect his family and asked whether the pavilion could repair a half-step Immortal Artifact he had found.

• Princess Huarui coaxed Princess Suiyun into sightseeing and shopping, then led her to Duobao Pavilion to look for protective treasures.
• Princess Huarui spotted Wang Anye, hid behind Princess Suiyun, and eventually greeted him as her grandfather.
• Wang Anye invited Princess Suiyun and Princess Huarui into Duobao Pavilion, where True Lord Three Treasures welcomed him as a valued client.
• Wang Anye rejected weaker protective talismans and, with Princess Suiyun’s support, persuaded True Lord Three Treasures to sell the Wang Clan a True Immortal Strike for eighty million Immortal Crystals.
• Wang Anye asked whether Duobao Pavilion could repair a half-step Immortal Artifact and explained that he had found it in the Divine Martial Sky Ruins.

Wang Anye negotiated a weapons and armor deal with Duobao Pavilion while Princess Huarui and Suiyun Princess recruited King Lanxin to help keep True Lord Bailian in the Immortal Dynasty. Wang Ningxi responded to their matchmaking scheme by promising to turn Bailian Hall’s disciples into a male ensemble capable of winning over the spirit plant masters.

• Wanwan refused to let True Lord Three Treasures touch her, and he offered to arrange repairs through True Lord Bailian; Princess Huarui revealed that Wang Ningxi was trying to recruit Bailian to Great Qian.
• True Lord Three Treasures proposed bulk orders for Wang Clan Divine Might Cannons and armor, and Wang Anye agreed to seek favorable terms while asking to buy spatial and disguise-type treasures.
• Suiyun Princess and Princess Huarui visited King Lanxin at Hundred Herbs Garden, where Huarui persuaded her to host a mixer for Bailian Hall’s unmarried disciples and the garden’s female spirit plant masters.
• The mixer invitation excited Bailian Hall’s disciples and left True Lord Bailian ecstatic, but Wang Ningxi warned that they would not win anyone over without preparation.
• Wang Ningxi distributed romance and self-improvement manuals, promising to design personal images that would help Bailian Hall’s men charm the spirit plant masters.

Wang Ningxi put True Lord Bailian and the Bailian Hall Male Ensemble through image makeovers and intense flirting practice to prepare them for a mixer with female spirit plant masters. Princess Huarui used Yao Chengchao to pay for the gathering and hang a sponsor banner as revenge, while the trained men arrived ready to meet the women.

• Wang Ningxi hired Luo Yuqing’s professionals to makeover the Bailian Hall Male Ensemble and coached True Lord Bailian on how to approach King Lanxin.
• True Lord Bailian practiced flirting with dozens of women until he grew more confident, and the ensemble prepared to attend the mixer.
• Yao Chengchao welcomed Princess Huarui, Suiyun Grand Princess, King Lanxin, and a group of female spirit plant masters to Splendid Lake Estate.
• Princess Huarui revealed that the meal was a mixer with the Bailian Hall bachelors, made Yao Chengchao pay, and hung a banner thanking him for sponsoring it.
• Wang Ningxi rallied the Bailian Hall Male Ensemble as their Flying Carriage descended toward Splendid Lake Estate.

Wang Ningxi staged a matchmaking event where Bailian Hall’s artifact refiners presented polished personas to the spirit plant cultivators, who chose favorites with spirit flowers. King Lanxin destroyed her flowers, expecting True Lord Bailian to approach her, but he instead accepted another woman’s invitation to talk, leaving Lanxin stunned.

• Princess Huarui rallied the Hundred Herbs Garden cultivators to consider Bailian Hall’s single men, and Wang Ningxi arranged the men’s dramatic, music-backed introductions.
• Luo Yongtian and Hua Manlou attracted admirers with carefully edited footage and distinct personas, while Wang Ningxi recorded the women’s reactions.
• Wang Ningxi distributed three spirit flowers to each eligible woman and used a countdown to prompt them to choose men for private interactions.
• True Lord Bailian received the most flowers, while King Lanxin destroyed hers and assumed he would approach her; Suiyun Princess agreed that he would seek Lanxin out.
• Wang Ningxi reminded True Lord Bailian of their bet, and Bailian followed the plan by inviting a young spirit plant cultivator who had given him a flower to talk.
• King Lanxin shattered her tea cup when True Lord Bailian chose to speak with the young cultivator instead of approaching her.

The matchmaking gathering ended with True Lord Bailian and King Lanxin beginning to reconcile, while the Wang Clan’s first shipment of Profound Armor passed a punishing inspection with every sampled set exceeding the standard. The Southern Pacification King exposed Commandant Liu’s mistreatment of artifact refiners, but Pei Xin'an’s blunt criticism summoned Immortal Emperor Muyun, who banished Wang Ningxi from the Cold Moon Immortal Dynasty for a hundred years.

• King Lanxin accepted True Lord Bailian’s Flower of Eternity and agreed to share a drink with him, while Yao Chengchao was left bewildered.
• Suiyun Princess authorized a thorough inspection of the Wang Clan’s 100,000 sets of Profound Armor despite the Southern Pacification King’s objections.
• All 300 inspected sets exceeded the sample quality, and Suiyun Princess apologized to the Southern Pacification King.
• The Southern Pacification King accused Commandant Liu of accepting tributes and driving skilled artifact refiners away, while Pei Xin'an described his higher pay and better treatment in East Qian.
• Pei Xin'an criticized the Immortal Emperor, prompting Immortal Emperor Muyun to appear and order Wang Ningxi out of the Cold Moon Immortal Dynasty for a hundred years.