Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Emperor expelled Wang Ningxi and Pei Xin'an from the Immortal Dynasty, but rewarded the Wang Clan’s contributions by giving Princess Huarui two Immortal Emperor Tokens. Wang Ningxi departed for East Qian, while Huarui’s plans to escape her studies were ruined when Eunuch Yao arrived with years’ worth of practice papers.

• Immortal Emperor Mu Yun ordered Wang Ningxi and Pei Xin'an to leave the Immortal Dynasty, then commissioned another seven hundred thousand sets of Profound Armor from Pei Xin'an.
• Immortal Emperor Mu Yun praised Southern Pacification King Yun Xiayang, advised Suiyun Princess to recuperate, and warmly welcomed Princess Huarui Wang Jidie.
• Princess Huarui asked for protection, and Immortal Emperor Mu Yun gave her one Immortal Emperor Token for herself and another for Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Ningxi and Pei Xin'an boarded the Cloud Ray Flying Ship and departed for East Qian after bidding farewell to Luo Yongtian and the others.
• Princess Huarui and the Green Dragon Ancestor celebrated Wang Ningxi’s departure and planned to visit the Immortal Palace, but Eunuch Yao appeared with two years of practice papers prepared at Wang Ningxi’s request.

Wang Lici and her companions traveled from the Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land to the Extreme Ice Sacred Land after hearing that outsiders were causing trouble there. They discovered that Wang Zongsheng and Fang You'an had arrived with a powerful master who planned to settle old grudges and take Divine Ability inheritances, leaving Zhang Huaibing and the Extreme Ice Sacred Land on guard.

• Wang Lici defeated the Golden-Mane lion Jin Maomao in a strength contest and won his seventh-grade Spirit Yak.
• Wang Lici and the young Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land disciples butchered the yak, prepared meat to send to her elders in East Qian, and shared a barbecue.
• Gongshu Hongchang arrived injured and told Zhang Huaibing that outsiders were attacking the Extreme Ice Sacred Land.
• Wang Lici, Wang Yingxuan, and their companions followed Zhang Huaibing to the Extreme Ice Sacred Land, where Wang Zongsheng defeated Yun Taihan in battle.
• Zhang Huaibing confronted Wang Zongsheng, but Wang Lici and Wang Yingxuan recognized him as their Third Brother and Third Uncle.
• Wang Zongsheng revealed that his group had come with their master to settle old grudges against the Extreme Ice Sacred Land and seize Divine Ability inheritances.

Fang You'an challenged Zhang Huaibing at the gates of the Extreme Ice Sacred Land and defeated him through battlefield experience, while Wang Lici and Wang Yingxuan discussed sneaking onto the Outer Realm Battlefield. Binglan then confronted Yuyao True Person over his past betrayal, revealed she had inherited the Void Ascension Scripture, and demanded resources to establish the Binglan Sacred Land.

• Fang You'an challenged Zhang Huaibing and defeated him with a calculated move despite injuring his own arm.
• Wang Lici and Wang Yingxuan agreed to find a way to sneak onto the Outer Realm Battlefield after their current business was finished.
• True Lord Shuangran arrived and recognized Binglan as a Divine Ability Realm expert, prompting her to reveal that she was Zhai Qinglan and confront Yuyao True Person.
• Jade Radiance True Person explained that he had won the Divine Ability inheritance competition five hundred years earlier, and Binglan accused him of drugging her and directing her into danger at Hail Cliff.
• Binglan revealed that an ancient ruin beneath Hail Cliff had saved her and helped her inherit the Void Ascension Scripture.
• Binglan declared that she would split from the Extreme Ice Sacred Land to establish the Binglan Sacred Land and demanded thirty percent of its resources.

Master Binglan confronted Extreme Ice Sacred Land over Jade Radiance True Person’s past wrongdoing and won approval to establish the Ice Soul Sacred Land with a substantial share of its resources. When she revealed that Wang Shouzhe had planned the new branch’s development, Immortal Venerable Lingxuan realized he was involved again, while Wang Shouzhe sneezed in Changning as he treated Chaoyang King.

• Master Binglan defeated Ziyue True Person, then beat Jade Radiance True Person and several other Divine Ability cultivators while demanding to split from Extreme Ice Sacred Land.
• True Lord Shuangran tried to stop Master Binglan, but she fought his attack until Immortal Venerable Lingxuan arrived and intervened.
• Jade Radiance True Person confessed to Binglan’s accusations, and the Immortal Venerable secured her agreement to forgive him in exchange for thirty-five percent of the assets allocated to her new Sacred Land.
• Master Binglan revealed that she would establish the Ice Soul Sacred Land in the Northern Wasteland Icefield and that Wang Shouzhe had planned its development.
• Immortal Venerable Lingxuan angrily recognized Wang Shouzhe’s involvement, while Wang Shouzhe sneezed as he treated Chaoyang King, who joked that someone powerful was cursing him.

Wang Shouzhe treated Chaoyang King's Baleful Intent poison and prepared to travel to Demon Zhao Kingdom with an overwhelming escort. During the voyage, he discovered genuine rubber on Wang Zongkun's sunglasses, while the Nine-Yin Demon Envoy feared that Wang Shouzhe's tastes were unusually specific.

• Wang Shouzhe and Wang Lixian removed nearly half of Chaoyang King's remaining poison, and Chaoyang King offered to accompany him to Demon Zhao Kingdom for protection.
• Binglan True Person negotiated for more than thirty percent of Extreme Ice Sacred Land's assets, while the Immortal Venerable refused Wang Yingxuan's request to establish a separate lineage and withdrew his projection after hearing Wang Jidie had arrived.
• Wang Baofu and Wang Lilong waited anxiously as Wang Shouzhe completed Chaoyang King's treatment, then celebrated when Wang Lixian announced that it had gone smoothly.
• Wang Shouzhe sailed toward Demon Zhao Kingdom aboard the ironclad Peace with Chaoyang King and a formidable escort, prompting Chaoyang King to regret volunteering to protect him.
• Wang Shouzhe scolded Wang Zongkun for lazing about and discovered a genuine rubber band holding the Kun's sunglasses in place.
• Wang Zongkun offered Wang Shouzhe the two Dragon Whale sisters as concubines, and the Nine-Yin Demon Envoy appeared and feared that Wang Shouzhe's tastes were unusually specific.

Wang Shouzhe prepared to enter Demon Zhao Kingdom, discovered a possible source of rubber there, and worried about Senior Sister Luwei’s interest in him. Meanwhile, the Sea-Song Princess fled the Sun Clan’s forces as Wang Longyan waited at the Demon Plant Venerable’s ruins with the Third Prince, who was sent flying after proposing they rule the realm together.

• Wang Shouzhe kept the Nine-Yin Demon Envoy under control with Liu Ruolan’s convincing fake soul worm and assigned her to help him navigate Demon Dynasty customs.
• Dragon Whale Sister A and Dragon Whale Sister B explained that Wang Zongkun’s Monkey Rubber Band came from Demon Zhao Kingdom, giving Wang Shouzhe a new reason to search for rubber-like trees there.
• Wang Shouzhe gave Wang Zongkun’s Dragon Whale attendants a stack of exercise books, then overheard Senior Sister Luwei discussing having his child and returned to his cabin uneasy.
• The Sea-Song Princess escaped the Sun Clan’s attack on the Si Clan, but the Xia King Sun Clan’s fleet caught up with her ship in the Sea of No Delusion.
• Wang Longyan waited at the Demon Plant Venerable’s ruins while the Third Prince promised to help her become Demon Venerable and make himself Demon Emperor, and she knocked him flying.

Wang Shouzhe’s fleet encountered Princess Sea-Song’s battered ship while it was being pursued by Prince of Xia’s Residence, and he chose to intervene to capture a Kunwu Ironclad for research. The battle escalated as the fleets exchanged cannon fire, and Wang Zongkun and the Primordial Water Azure Dragons joined the attack.

• Sun Yaowu and Sun Dahai mocked Princess Sea-Song and planned to capture her alive and use her to gain favor with Shentu Jingming.
• Princess Sea-Song’s ship broke through the blockade, but it was badly damaged, and Elder Yang urged her to flee before the pursuers caught up.
• The Wang Clan fleet arrived, and Princess Sea-Song asked Wang Shouzhe’s group for help; Wang Shouzhe agreed to act after learning Prince of Xia’s Residence was pursuing her.
• Long Wuji rejected Sun Yaowu’s offer of fifty thousand Immortal Crystals, and the fleets exchanged cannon fire until the Kunwu Ironclad’s shield began to fail.
• Wang Zongkun and a pod of dragon whales attacked the Kunwu Ironclad as several Primordial Water Azure Dragons descended through the rain.

Wang Shouzhe’s fleet captured the Prince of Xia’s ships, then reunited with Wang Longyan to enter the Demon Plant Venerable’s ruin. The ruin’s artifact rejected Wang Shouzhe but recognized Luwei as the returned Venerable, leaving everyone stunned.

• Long Jingjing and the old Primordial Water Azure Dragon attacked the Kunwu Ironclad, prompting Sun Yaowu to surrender the Prince of Xia’s fleet to Long Wuji.
• Long Wuji refused the Sea-Song Princess’s request to help restore her kingdom, while she resolved to seek aid from the Immortal Dynasty.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered the captured ships taken along and the prisoners held, then concealed his fleet and met Wang Longyan at Shentu Jingming’s portable cave abode.
• Wang Shouzhe, Wang Longyan, Shentu Jingming, and their companions entered the Demon Plant Venerable’s ruin, where Artifact Spirit Lanshan judged Wang Shouzhe incompatible with the legacy.
• Artifact Spirit Lanshan scanned Luwei, whose power surged as the artifact recognized her as the returned Venerable.

Luwei awakened memories suggesting she might be Demon Plant Venerable, prompting Wang Shouzhe and the others to question her past and protect her identity. As Luwei offered Wang Shouzhe extravagant payment for his Life Factor and revealed the Azure Emperor Codex, a monster stirred awake deep inside the research institute.

• Artifact Spirit Lanshan identified Luwei as the original body of Demon Plant Venerable, and Wang Shouzhe suspected her origins were tied to the ruins where she had been found.
• Ancestor Longyan questioned Wang Shouzhe about his relationship with Luwei, warned him to protect Liu Ruolan, and made Third Prince Shentu Jingming swear to keep Luwei's identity secret.
• Luwei recalled that she had launched an unfinished rebirth plan after she and several companions fought powerful extraterrestrial demons and monsters.
• Luwei offered Wang Shouzhe top-grade Spirit Stones and Immortal Spirit Stones for his Life Factor, but he refused while Ancestor Longyan repeatedly threw out the eager Shentu Jingming.
• Luwei revealed a shared-space treasury and the half-step Immortal Scripture called the Azure Emperor Codex, whose spirit explained how cultivation inheritances developed into Immortal Scriptures.
• The research institute shook as a monster awakened, and Artifact Spirit Lanshan warned everyone that it had stirred again.

Wang Shouzhe’s group lured a rampaging twelfth-tier demon vine from the Green Demon Research Institute and joined forces with six Void Ascension Realm experts to destroy it. After salvaging its remains, Wang Shouzhe kept its seed, awakened a tiny vine, and named it Wang Zongteng.

• Artifact Spirit Lanshan revealed that Senior Schoolmate Luwei’s escaped demon vine had grown to the equivalent of the twelfth tier and was breaking through the institute’s defenses.
• The demon vine shattered the reception room and attacked, forcing Wang Shouzhe’s group to flee; Elder Zhuo then carried Third Prince Shentu Jingming north after Ancestor Longyan told him to leave.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered Ji Yue'er and the Azure Phoenix Demon Emperor to lure the vine south, where Chaoyang King and five other Void Ascension Realm experts joined the fight and destroyed it.
• Wang Anxin brought Wang Shouzhe the vine’s core, and Senior Schoolmate Luwei explained that it could grow into a half-step True Demon Plant called an Energy-Devouring Demon Vine.
• Wang Shouzhe revived the core with life-origin energy, named the newly sprouted vine Wang Zongteng, and decided to send it to the Clan School.

Wang Shouzhe and the others claimed the crystals and research treasures from the ruins, then began towing Green Immortal Island toward Great Qian to establish a new Holy Land. Wang Longyan reunited with Shentu Jingming, exchanged Demon Marrow Crystals for a Demon Emperor Token, and left carrying both it and an Immortal Emperor Token.

• Junior Sister Luwei explained that the black crystals were Demon Marrow Crystals and the bright ones were Heaven and Earth Essence Crystals, and Ancestor Longyan took five of the former while Wang Shouzhe stored the rest.
• Wang Shouzhe proposed towing Green Immortal Island to Great Qian and establishing it as a Green Immortal Holy Land, with Junior Sister Luwei as its Holy Lord and researcher.
• Ancestor Longyan departed with the Azure Phoenix Demon Emperor after accepting an Immortal Emperor Token from Wang Shouzhe and Spirit Stones from Junior Sister Luwei.
• Wang Shouzhe and the great experts dismantled Green Immortal Island despite Artifact Spirit Lanshan's protests, then towed it toward Great Qian with Dragon Whales, Primordial Water Azure Dragons, and warships.
• Wang Longyan reunited with Shentu Jingming and Elder Zhuo, gave Shentu Jingming five Demon Marrow Crystals, and declined his offer to help her deal with the Little Demon Lord.
• Shentu Jingming gave Wang Longyan a Demon Emperor Token before departing, leaving her to wonder whether it would clash with her Immortal Emperor Token.

Sun Yaowu and the other captives were freed when Long Jingjing withdrew the Dragon Whale pod, while Wang Shouzhe’s group continued toward Great Qian. At the Immortal Palace, the Immortal Venerable sent Huarui away with supplies, and she tried to sneak onto a ship bound for the Outer Realm Battlefield before Wang Fugui stopped her and reunited with her.

• Sun Yaowu and Sun Dahai saw the Dragon Whale pod depart and realized their month-long imprisonment on the reef had ended.
• Wang Shouzhe’s team traveled toward Great Qian under the Dragon Whale pod’s escort after Long Jingjing released the prisoners at Wang Shouzhe’s request.
• The Immortal Venerable gave Huarui supplies and a guardian puppet, then sent her away from Lingxuan Residence after Wang Lici, Wang Yingxuan, and Lan Wan'er repeatedly feasted there.
• The Suiyun Princess prepared to return to the Outer Realm Battlefield, while King Lanxin and True Lord Bailian gave her gifts and overwhelmed her with their flirtation.
• Huarui persuaded Wu Yinghao to load supplies onto the departing ships, but he left without letting her board; Wang Fugui then appeared and told her he had arranged for her to be left behind.
• Huarui reunited with Wang Fugui and accused Yun Mengyu of luring him away, prompting the two young women to glare at each other.

Wang Fugui arranged Chuannan Prefecture’s development before returning to Great Qian with Princess Huarui, while Suiyun Princess led Wang Lici, Wang Yingxuan, Lan Wan'er, and Zhang Huaibing through a spatial rift to the Outer Realm Battlefield. In the Demon Emperor Palace, Shentu Jingming revealed his improved aptitude and tried to persuade Demon Emperor Crimson Prison to let him use the Crimson Immortal Lotus, ending with the furious Demon Emperor striking him out of the hall.

• Wang Fugui prepared a development plan for Chuannan Prefecture, arranged for Lixian’s avatar to assist Yun Mengyu, and ordered Princess Huarui to return to school with him in Great Qian.
• Suiyun Princess received the four stowaways and explained the defenses at the Immortal No. 3 Spatial Rift before leading them across it to the Immortal No. 3 Garrison Fortress.
• Shentu Jingming visited Demon Emperor Crimson Prison, placated him with rare immortal tea, and showed that his bloodline aptitude had risen to Peerless Prodigy B-grade.
• Shentu Jingming proposed using the Crimson Immortal Lotus to become a Son of Heaven and outlined his ambitions, prompting Demon Emperor Crimson Prison to slap him out of Vast Heaven Hall.

Third Imperial Prince Shentu Jingming received a diplomatic dispute to resolve as a test of whether he could inherit the Demon Emperor's throne. At the Wang Clan, Qian Xue'an sought Qian Yurou's help securing advancement for Shen Jinyu, but she refused to use her connections to guarantee him an inheritance ground.

• Demon Emperor Crimson Prison gave Shentu Jingming memorials about the You Kingdom and Qi Kingdom's dispute over Flowery Beauty Island and told him to prove his ability.
• Elder Zhuo warned Shentu Jingming that his ties to the Dugu Clan could make the Linghu Clan distrust his mediation.
• Qian Xue'an arrived at the Wang Clan with Shen Xiangwen and Shen Jinyu, and the Shen siblings were astonished by the clan's wealth, spiritual resources, and standing.
• Qian Yurou welcomed the visitors at Listening Rain Court and offered them rare Di Xiu Dao Tea and precious pastries.
• Qian Xue'an asked Qian Yurou to help Shen Jinyu obtain a Heavenly Vein Sacred Pill and secure a Divine Ability inheritance ground.
• Qian Yurou agreed she could help procure a pill but firmly refused to use Liyao's or Wang Shouzhe's influence to reserve an inheritance ground for Shen Jinyu.

Qian Xue'an abandoned his attempt to secure a Divine Power inheritance opportunity for Shen Jinyu, while the Wang Clan settled Green Immortal Island and Wang Shouzhe returned home. He then agreed to lend Imperial Prince An talented graduates to support the struggling government reforms.

• Qian Yurou persuaded Qian Xue'an not to pressure Wang Shouzhe over Shen Jinyu's inheritance, and Qian Xue'an resolved to preserve his old friendship with Shouzhe.
• Green Immortal Island arrived in the East Sea, where the Wang Clan began preparing to reinforce and settle it.
• Wang Shouzhe reunited with Wang Zongteng and spoke with Wang Liyue, who proposed unconventional ways to have a child and eagerly collected a piece of Zongteng's vine for research.
• Wang Shouzhe went to Hidden Dragon Retreat and found Imperial Prince An pretending to despair over the burden of governing and the Wang Clan's refusal to provide recruits.
• After Wang Shizhao explained the government's shortages of talent and resources, Wang Shouzhe agreed to let the court recruit capable graduates from the Wang Clan School.

Imperial Prince An arranged for Prefecture Prince Sheng Wu Shengjun to recruit graduates from the Wang Clan Higher Clan School, but the court’s lavish offers failed to attract most of its top students. Wang Lilong’s return to the school ended in a fight with Prefecture Prince Sheng, leaving the Clan School in chaos.

• Wang Shouzhe allowed Imperial Prince An to recruit at the Wang Clan School, provided the process remained fair and voluntary.
• Wang Lilong abandoned Wang Zongteng on the way to school, then returned to take him to register at the Elementary Clan School.
• Prefecture Prince Sheng arrived with recruitment banners, and Wang Xuanwei and Wang Lilong mocked him over his failed matchmaking attempts and poor education.
• Ji Siwu tested Prefecture Prince Sheng’s advisers with Higher Clan School exam questions, then rejected the court’s offer in favor of working with the Chuannan Princess.
• Wang Fuqiang, Chen Yangkang, and most other top graduates rejected the court’s offers, leaving Prefecture Prince Sheng with only thirteen recruits.
• Wang Lilong offered to join the court, but Prefecture Prince Sheng rejected her, so she transformed into a dragon and fought him as Wang Zongteng cheered her on.

Wang Shouzhe dealt with Wang Zongteng’s early school mischief and negotiated with Imperial Prince An over Great Qian’s need for talent. The chapter ended with Wang Shouzhe declaring that Great Qian was ready to begin its plan and urging steady national development.

• Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan delayed Imperial Prince An by leaving for a seven-day retreat, so he camped in their courtyard to wait for Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Zongteng started in the junior preparatory class, where Wang Baocai cheated with Spirit Crystals and Wang Baofu passed by guessing, but Mr. Bear marked Wang Zongteng’s paper with “Bring your parents!”
• Wang Zongteng caused trouble at school, including damaging the building and attempting to devour its Spirit Vein, so Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan disciplined Wang Lilong to warn him.
• Wang Shouzhe offered Imperial Prince An Wang Anyuan and Wang Ningyu as recruits for the court, while they discussed the difficulty of finding an Ice Phoenix inheritance for Wang Ningyu.
• Wang Shouzhe told Imperial Prince An that the time was ripe for Great Qian to begin their plan, then insisted that building a stronger kingdom mattered more than relying on schemes.

Wang Liyao ordered Lingyun Sacred Land to mobilize for the Outer Realm Battlefield as Spring Thunder Operation began across Changning County. The county’s clans rallied in astonishing numbers, and the gathering revealed the Wang Clan’s formidable influence and the region’s growing strength.

• At Lingyun Hall, Wang Liyao received a message and ordered the Sacred Land to prepare for the Outer Realm Battlefield and carry out Spring Thunder Operation.
• Wang Dingzu became Changning County’s first County Governor, while Master Changchun delivered mobilization orders to the county’s clans.
• Liang Hongxuan led thirty-four Spirit Platform cultivators from the Ningxi Liang Clan to enlist, accompanied by Liang Pingnan and the Ningxi Dang Clan’s contingent.
• Master Changchun learned that Changning Guard had nearly 48,000 registered Spirit Platform cultivators, a result Wang Dingzu attributed to Wang Shouzhe’s long-term development programs.
• Eleven Purple Mansion cultivators arrived at the recruitment gathering, followed by Wang Clan Ancestors Luotong and Shoucheng, whose presence astonished Master Changchun.

Great Qian mobilized forces for the Spring Thunder Operation, while Wang Anye secured the Changning Wang Clan Militia Corps a place in the Divine Martial Army system and authorization to attack the realm rifts. In the Red Moon Demon Dynasty, Shentu Jingming passed his first trial by settling the Flowery Beauty Island dispute, while Shentu Kaixuan sought to copy Immortal Dynasty battle armor.

• Changning County and the surrounding guards recruited twenty-four Purple Mansion Realm cultivators, two hundred and thirty-two Celestial Realm cultivators, and more than five thousand Spirit Platform Realm cultivators, then sent them to the Sacred Land training camp.
• Wang Anye persuaded Artifact Spirit No. 5 to register the Changning Wang Clan Militia Corps as reserve forces, grant him temporary command, and approve the Spring Thunder Operation with a merit-recording token.
• Demon Emperor Crimson Prison heard how Shentu Jingming had threatened to move Flowery Beauty Island, prompting You Kingdom and Qi Kingdom to negotiate, and accepted the prince’s memorial as proof he had passed his first trial.
• Demon Emperor Crimson Prison gave Shentu Kaixuan one year to make progress on new battle armor after criticizing his lack of results.
• Huyan Tinghe showed Shentu Kaixuan two sets of Immortal Dynasty battle armor he had acquired, and the Second Prince planned to study and copy their technology.

The Divine Martial Sky Ruins erupted, and a demonic shadow possessed the Southern Pacification King Yun Xiayang before a spatial vortex swallowed him. As the Immortal Dynasty began searching for him, the vortex flung him into the sea beside Wang Luomiao’s transport fleet, where her guards rescued him.

• Yao Baichuan’s Cloud Ray Flying Ship encountered a catastrophic demonic energy eruption at the Divine Martial Sky Ruins, and King Lanxin used her peony spirit plant to clear a path for its escape.
• A black shadow attacked Yun Xiayang, entered his body, and then watched as a spatial vortex swallowed him; King Lanxin sent word to the Immortal Dynasty and continued on with True Lord Bailian.
• Wang Luomiao escorted a valuable shipment of iron ore from Liaoyuan Prefecture toward the Longzuo Yan Clan aboard a Changning United Consortium fleet.
• A figure fell from a spatial ripple into the sea beside Wang Luomiao’s ship, and her guards hauled the unconscious Yun Xiayang aboard.
• Wang Luomiao was disappointed by the rescued man’s appearance but ordered the guards to treat him before returning to her storybook.