Chapter Summaries

Nine Void Ascension Realm experts from the Chao Clan attacked the Wang Clan, but Wang Shouzhe’s allies and ancestors stepped forward to meet them. The chapter ended as Wang Longyan prepared to fight Chao Hongjun with a Semi-Immortal Artifact and the corpse puppet of the Gray-wing Demon King.

• Wang Shouzhe welcomed Chao Wujiu and eight other Chao Clan Void Ascension Realm experts after they arrived at the Wang Clan Main Residence.
• The Nine-Tails Demon Emperor blocked Chao Zonglei’s lightning attack and fought him above the East Sea.
• The Azure Phoenix Demon Emperor challenged Chao Yiming over their past clash, and they also went to fight above the East Sea.
• Long Jingjing challenged Chao Hongjun, but he refused to fight her and mocked the Wang Clan for relying on outside allies.
• Wang Longyan revealed that she had been known as Wang Ruobing and accepted Chao Hongjun’s challenge above Zhuwei Lake.
• Wang Longyan summoned her Semi-Immortal Artifact Frostfall and the corpse puppet of the Gray-wing Demon King, shocking Chao Hongjun.

Wang Longyan and the Wang Clan’s allies countered the Chao Clan’s invasion, defeating or engaging every dispatched Void Ascension Realm cultivator except Chao Wujiu. Just as the recovered Chaoyang King and Yao Yuangang confronted Chao Wujiu, the Demon Venerable arrived with the Nether Baleful Asura Banner and unleashed an attack on the Wang Clan.

• Wang Longyan used her Demon King-grade corpse puppet and the Yin Sha Codex to overwhelm Chao Hongjun, while Chao Wujiu sent Chao Baichuan to intervene.
• Long Jingjing drew Chao Baichuan away to fight in the East Sea, and Luwei and Wang Liyao joined forces against the Demon Lord Chiyou.
• Ji Yue'er fought the White Bone Demon Lord, while Jade Kun won the right to face the Mount Tai Demon Lord and Emperor Longchang yielded Chao Qingyun to Jiang Yuling.
• The recovered Chaoyang King and Yao Yuangang appeared to fight Chao Wujiu, but the Demon Venerable arrived with the Nether Baleful Asura Banner and attacked the Wang Clan.

Old Man Tianji, Di Xiu, and the newly advanced Enlightenment Tea Tree joined the Wang Clan’s defense, forcing the Demon Venerable to retreat after Shentu Jingming wounded him. As the battles turned against the Chao Clan, its fighters began fleeing, but Wang Anye intercepted Chao Yijian.

• Old Man Tianji appeared to shield the Wang Clan, and the Demon Venerable offered Wang Shouzhe a chance to serve him, which Wang Shouzhe rejected.
• The Demon Venerable attacked Wang Shouzhe with the Netherworld Immortal-Slaying Blade, but Di Xiu blocked the strike and the Enlightenment Tea Tree strengthened him enough to shatter it.
• The Demon Venerable released Nether Baleful Heavenly Thunder to cover his escape, but Shentu Jingming trapped him with the Red Lotus Karmic Flame Diagram, and Elder Zhuo was wounded while protecting Shentu Jingming.
• Wang Shouzhe healed Elder Zhuo as the Demon Venerable fled; Old Man Tianji, Di Xiu, and the Enlightenment Tea Tree pursued him and repeatedly stopped him from teleporting away.
• Chao Hongjun fled from Wang Longyan, while Chaoyang King and Yao Yuangang overwhelmed Chao Wujiu; Chao Yijian tried to escape but Wang Anye blocked his way.

Wang Anye and the Wang Clan’s young talents overwhelmed the invading Chao Clan cultivators across multiple battlefields. The Wang Clan secured a major victory, while Wang Anye captured Chao Yijian to learn the truth behind the Demon Venerable’s invasion.

• Wang Anye shattered Chao Yijian’s Sword Intent, outmatched him in combat, and used a sword formation to make him agree to visit the Wang Clan as a guest.
• Wang Anyuan and Wang Ningyu fought Chao Zhong until Wang Lilong arrived, overwhelmed him with her water and dragon abilities, and claimed the fight.
• A gu-insect army appeared before two fleeing Chao Clan Divine Ability Realm cultivators in the Hengduan Mountain Range.
• Wang Shouye and Imperial Daughter Luo Jia, Wang Luotong and other clan members, and several royal princesses joined battles across the region and suppressed the invaders.
• Wang Fugui and the Wang Clan’s younger generation helped defeat groups of Divine Ability Realm cultivators, leaving the invading forces unable to escape as the Wang Clan won a major victory.

Wang Shouzhe and his allies crushed the invading forces while three True Immortal combatants pursued the Demon Venerable toward the Red Moon Demon Dynasty. Wang Zongkun blocked the Demon Venerable’s escape, and Liu Ruolan unleashed the Primordial Water Sacred Diagram as the battle reached its climax.

• Great Emperor Yanqing and Great Emperor Yuanyou urged Blood Child Devil Lord to slow the invasion, but they witnessed the Demon Venerable being chased by three True Immortal combatants.
• Wang Shouzhe’s allies defeated the invaders, killing nine Divine Ability Realm experts, capturing twenty-eight, and taking all nine invading Void Ascension Realm experts alive.
• The exhausted Demon Venerable fled across the Sea of No Delusion toward the Red Moon Demon Dynasty, while Blood Sea King learned of the pursuit and sent a spy away in a speedboat.
• Wang Zongkun used the Immortal Kun Orb to disrupt the Demon Venerable’s attempt to tear through space, allowing the three True Immortal combatants to surround him again.
• Liu Ruolan revealed the Primordial Water Sacred Diagram and struck at the Demon Venerable with a powerful sword of primordial water energy.

Liu Ruolan nearly killed the Demon Venerable, who recognized her as the ancient Profound Spirit Saintess and revealed fragments of her past. After the Demon Venerable died, Wang Shouzhe claimed his True Demon Scripture and distributed his artifacts; the group returned to the Changning Wang Clan to plan how humanity would reshape the world.

• Liu Ruolan struck the weakened Demon Venerable down, and he recognized her as the Profound Spirit Saintess from ancient records.
• The Demon Venerable and Old Man Tianji revealed that Liu Ruolan had once fought the Holy Emperor and helped defeat the Demon Realm’s second Devil Master; Liu Ruolan reassured Wang Shouzhe that she would stay with their family.
• Yun Xiayang arrived and complained that Liu Ruolan had taken the final blow, while the Demon Venerable realized Wang Shouzhe had outmaneuvered him and destroyed his own body and divine soul.
• Wang Shouzhe gathered the Demon Venerable’s treasures, kept the Nether Baleful True Demon Scripture for Ancestor Longyan, and gave Old Man Tianji a True Demon Artifact.
• Blood Sea King planned to report the Demon Venerable’s death, while Blood Child Devil Lord and the emperors at West Sea Lake abandoned their plans to resist.
• Wang Shouzhe returned to the Changning Wang Clan and arranged a meeting at Shouzhe's Courtyard to discuss humanity’s future with the Immortal Emperor, the Immortal Venerable, and the Demon Emperor.

Wang Shouzhe received the Yin Sha Devil Lord, learned that the Blood Child Devil Lord had been killed, and witnessed Wang Longyan inherit the Nether Baleful True Demon Scripture and reach a Saint-Manifest True Body. He later chaired a historic treaty meeting between the Immortal and Demon Dynasties, while the Outer Realm war and the Wang Clan’s growing influence continued; years later, the clan announced Wang Fugui’s simultaneous marriages to two princesses.

• Qi Hongzhao told Wang Shouzhe that the Yin Sha Sect and the rulers of South Qin and West Jin had killed the Blood Child Devil Lord, then handed over his treasures.
• Wang Longyan reaffirmed her bond with Qi Hongzhao, and Ming Ji revealed that inheriting the Nether Baleful True Demon Scripture had raised Wang Longyan’s bloodline to the tenth level.
• The Qin-Jin Outer Realm Devil Defense Zone joined the offensive against the five Demon King Fortresses, while Wang Shouzhe sorted the Demon Venerable’s valuable Storage Ring.
• Wang Shouzhe hosted the Immortal Emperor, Immortal Venerable, Demon Emperor, and other leaders, who signed the Three Principles for Peaceful Coexistence and Joint Development Between the Immortal and Demon Dynasties and agreed on the Chao Clan’s public trial.
• The human forces captured the five Demon King Fortress territories, with Wang Liyao directing Great Qian’s expansion, and several years later the Wang Clan announced its delayed Duke’s banquet.
• The Wang Clan announced that Wang Fugui would marry Chuannan Princess and Princess Zhaoyu at the same time.

Liu Gaoliang brought a new group of Great Zhou students to Changning, where they were astonished by the city’s wealth, powerful cultivators, and Wang Clan rankings. As challenges from foreign talents began, he realized Changning’s arena rankings might become a contest among the world’s young elites.

• Liu Gaoliang escorted Great Zhou students, including Li Mingtang, to Xinping Harbor and registered them at Changning County School with Dongfang Lingrou.
• Dongfang Lingrou told Liu Gaoliang that the Wang Clan was recruiting reception attendants for the Duke’s Banquet and Wang Fugui’s wedding, and he eagerly sought a recommendation.
• Liu Gaoliang showed the students Xinping Town’s bustling streets, expensive cultivation goods, and arenas where cultivators could compete for ranking and work.
• Liu Gaoliang showed the students the Spirit Platform and Celestial Rankings, revealing Wang Baoguang in first place among Spirit Platform cultivators and Wang Jidie at the top of the Celestial Rankings.
• Foreign talents began challenging ranked cultivators, including Shentu Xingchen challenging Wang Luotong, and Liu Gaoliang anticipated that Changning’s rankings would draw competitors from across the world.

Young talents from the Immortal and Demon Dynasties challenged the Changning rankings, while Wang Shouzhe watched the matches with the disguised Immortal Emperor Mu Yun. The chapter left Wang Baoguang horrified after he barged into their private meeting and realized he had discovered a secret involving his ancestor and the Immortal Emperor.

• The disguised Demon Emperor and his companions discussed their plan to claim ranking spots as the Immortal and Demon Dynasties' challengers drew a crowd in Xinping Town.
• Wu Shengzhuo challenged Gongsun Chaoye, wore him down with roaming tactics, and took ninth place on the Celestial Rankings.
• Lei Wansui held his rank against Situ Yangyu as challenges also caused Dongfang Zhaixing and Dongfang Lingrou to fall on the Spirit Platform Rankings.
• Immortal Emperor Mu Yun confronted Wang Shouzhe with his missing jade pendant, made him stay and drink with her, and discussed the arena matches.
• Wang Baoguang rushed into Wang Shouzhe and Mu Yun's room, mistook their private meeting for a scandal, and panicked after learning Mu Yun's identity.

Wang Shouzhe and Immortal Emperor Muyun watched the Purple Mansion Rankings, where Wang Luotong defeated Shentu Xingchen and Wang Anye easily crushed Shentu Jingming. As Shentu Jingming chose Wang Luoqiu for his next challenge, she descended onto the arena in a blaze of golden light.

• Immortal Emperor Muyun gave Wang Baoguang ten peak-grade Spirit Stones to keep quiet about her private meeting with Wang Shouzhe, and Wang Shouzhe eventually let him stay and watch the matches.
• Wang Luotong challenged Shentu Xingchen and defeated him with the White Bone Demonic Flame Whip, claiming his nineteenth-place ranking.
• Shentu Xingchen then lost to Wang Anrui, barely defeated Wang Shoucheng, and ended up ranked forty-first as competitors from the Immortal and Demon Dynasties fought for positions.
• Jing'an Princess climbed to twelfth place after defeating the previous twelfth-place competitor but losing to Imperial Prince An, while Immortal Emperor Muyun proposed Wang Baoguang as her estate lord and he refused.
• Shentu Jingming challenged Wang Anye for second place and was swiftly blasted off the arena by Wang Anye's sword-and-formation technique.
• Shentu Jingming chose Wang Luoqiu for his next challenge, and Wang Luoqiu burst from a nearby tavern and crashed onto the arena in golden light.

Wang Luoqiu, Wang Luojing, and Wang Shouye each fought Shentu Jingming, who lost twice and drew once as the rankings continued. The Wang Clan’s Duke’s Banquet and Wang Fugui’s wedding began amid a gathering of powerful guests, while imprisoned Si Wuyou learned about the celebrations and eagerly bought the latest installment of his favorite novel.

• Wang Luoqiu battered Shentu Jingming into submission, and he claimed he had meant to challenge Wang Luojing instead.
• Wang Luojing overwhelmed Shentu Jingming with her Gu army until Wang Shouzhe told her to stop, then Wang Shouye fought him to a draw with his flames and Blueflame Gourd.
• The Immortal Emperor and Demon Emperor taunted each other over the rankings, while Wang Shouzhe asked for materials to build a Divine Ability Realm arena.
• The rankings continued to update as guests from across the dynasties arrived in Changning Guard for the Wang Clan’s Duke’s Banquet and Wang Fugui’s wedding.
• In the Immortal Palace prison, Si Wuyou learned that the lavish meal celebrated the wedding, then paid the jailer for Volume Thirty-Five of Domineering Princess's Daily Life.

Wang Shouzhe presided over a grand banquet celebrating his ducal title as powerful Immortal and Demon Dynasty rulers and factions presented astonishing gifts. The chapter ended with Immortal Emperor Muyun granting him the Immortal Emperor’s Sword, leaving him to wonder whether she was taking advantage of him.

• Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan welcomed a flood of guests whose lavish gifts astonished Imperial Prince An.
• True Lord Wudao and Di Xiu each presented the Wang Clan with a natal spirit root, and the Chao Clan followed with an extravagant offering led by Chao Qianchuan.
• Wang Shouzhe welcomed Chao Qianchuan, encouraged him to accept the Chao Clan’s punishment and reform, and assigned Wang Shouyong to host the delegation.
• Demon Emperor Crimson Inferno brought Wang Shouzhe a vast array of gifts, including fief income from ten million households, and invited him to become a prince in Crimson Inferno Demon City.
• Immortal Emperor Muyun arrived, held Wang Shouzhe’s hand, and bestowed even more lavish gifts, including a fief of twenty million households and the Immortal Emperor’s Sword.
• Wang Shouzhe questioned whether the Immortal Emperor’s Sword could be bestowed on someone other than the Immortal Emperor’s consort and suspected Muyun was taking advantage of him.

Wang Shouzhe celebrated his elevation with a grand banquet, followed by Wang Fugui’s wedding to Chuannan Princess and Princess Zhaoyu. Meanwhile, the Yinsha Demon God received Wu Mingyan’s report about a plan to bring back the Devil Master in three hundred years, while Wang Shouzhe’s household settled into its usual mix of schemes and family chaos.

• Immortal Emperor Muyun gave Liu Ruolan beauty products, while the Demon Emperor worried that he could not compete for her favor.
• Wang Shouzhe’s three-day Duke’s Banquet ended, and Wang Fugui held his wedding to Chuannan Princess and Princess Zhaoyu in Changning.
• Wu Mingyan sent the Yinsha Demon God news that she had controlled Wang Shouzhe and devised a plan to welcome back the Devil Master in three hundred years; the Yinsha Demon God decided to preserve the plan by stabilizing the Nether Baleful Demon God.
• Wang Lilong led a bridal-chamber prank, but Wang Fugui expelled the decoy children and Wang Zongshi trapped the rest in a spatial cage with Wang Zongkun’s help.
• Wang Shouzhe made Wang Lixuan do homework as punishment, then Liu Ruolan dragged him into their portable space for a month after confronting him about meeting Immortal Emperor Muyun.
• Wang Baoguang drunkenly bragged that he would keep secrets unless someone offered him enough, after Wang Shouzhe blamed him for revealing the meeting.

Wang Fugui, Wang Anye, and the Immortal and Demon rulers scavenged the Divine Martial Sky Ruins, finding a Codex and the immortal Haotian Sword. Their celebration ended when a demonic force erupted from the ruins’ core and the Holy Emperor’s green tree phantom confronted Old Devil Chi Dragon.

• Wang Fugui and Wang Anye used Wang Baocai’s Treasure-Gathering Fruits and Wang Baofu’s luck to collect treasures, including spatial crystals and a damaged Semi-Immortal Artifact shield, while discussing Wang Fugui’s need to have descendants.
• Immortal Emperor Muyun, Demon Emperor Crimson Prison, Immortal Lord Wudao, and Immortal Lord Di Xiu joined Wang Fugui and Wang Anye for several scavenging rounds, collecting treasures worth many Immortal Spirit Stones.
• During the fourth round, Wang Anye opened an earth-element Codex and then found the immortal Haotian Sword in the final fruit.
• A terrifying demonic force surged from the ruins’ core, and a green tree phantom blocked it as the Holy Emperor challenged Old Devil Chi Dragon.

The Wang Clan’s expedition into the Divine Martial Sky Ruins uncovered the surviving Reincarnation Tree and forced the True Immortals to suppress Devil Master Chi Dragon’s remnant soul again. After returning home with the Haotian Sword and high-grade spatial crystals, Wang Anye and Wang Fugui told Wang Shouzhe that the crystals could help open a passage to the Sacred Domain, where Wang Shouzhe hoped to find Immortal Scriptures and reconnect with Lici.

• The Reincarnation Tree and Devil Master Chi Dragon fought in the Divine Martial Sky Ruins until Chi Dragon fled, and Immortal Emperor Muyun, Immortal Lord Wudao, and Immortal Lord Di Xiu drove it back to the tree’s suppression.
• The Reincarnation Tree gave the group the Haotian Sword, and a spatial storm delivered a large chunk of high-grade spatial crystal to Wang Anye as they withdrew.
• Wang Fugui acquired the Haotian Sword for the Wang Clan, and the group agreed to strengthen patrols so Chi Dragon could not escape the ruins.
• Wang Lixian’s Immortal Abiding Valley served as a retirement home, where Wang Shouzhe played chess with Emperor Longchang before Wang Anye and Wang Fugui returned.
• Wang Anye reported the expedition’s discoveries to Wang Shouzhe, who planned to use the spatial crystals to open a Sacred Domain passage and seek Immortal Scriptures and news of Lici.

Wang Shouzhe learned that Wang Lici had risen to prominence in Cloudsea Grotto-Heaven, where the Si Clan sought to reclaim her after previously rejecting her. When Lici refused to meet them, Qingyuan Saint Son ordered the Si Clan visitors to leave.

• Wang Ningxi showed Wang Shouzhe his divine-sense-enhancing device and realistic guard puppet, then received instructions to involve Senior Tianji in repairing the Great Teleportation Formation Disk.
• Wang Shouzhe sent Wang Fugui home to spend time with his wives and urged Wang Anye to encourage the family to have more children.
• In Cloudsea Grotto-Heaven, Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er roasted a Nine-Colored Immortal Deer, and Qingyuan Saint Son joined them.
• Lan Wan'er explained that the Si Clan had driven Wang Lici away after Si Wuchou accused her of falsely claiming Si Clan ancestry.
• Qingyuan Saint Son told Wang Lici that Si Clan Great Elder Immortal Lord Taian and Si Wuchou had come to see her, but she refused to meet them.
• Qingyuan Saint Son confronted Immortal Lord Taian and Si Wuchou in the Guest Reception Hall and ordered them to leave Cloudsea Grotto-Heaven.

Immortal Lord Taian offered Wang Lici lavish gifts and Si Wuchou as an attendant, but she accepted the food while refusing to join the Si Clan. Meanwhile, Yinsha, Nether Baleful, and Yun Xiayang retrieved the Scarlet Radiance Immortal Scripture and other relics for Wang Shouzhe, who received their haul a year later.

• Immortal Lord Taian apologized to Wang Lici on the Si Clan’s behalf, gave her precious ingredients, and asked her to return to the clan.
• Wang Lici accepted the gifts but refused to acknowledge the Si Clan as her ancestors, and Immortal Lord Taian ordered Si Wuchou to serve her.
• Saint Son Qingyuan advised Wang Lici to accept the Si Clan’s support without confirming or denying their claimed connection.
• In the Outer Devil Realm, Nether Baleful, Yinsha, and Yun Xiayang braved the ancient battlefield ruins to recover the Second Expeditionary Army’s lost relics.
• The three Demon Gods escaped the ruins with the Scarlet Radiance Immortal Scripture, the Shooting Sun Immortal Bow, codices, and Dao artifacts.
• A year later, Wang Shouzhe received the recovered treasures and reflected on the long deception that had secured them.

Wang Shouzhe gave the Scarlet Radiance Immortal Scripture to Wang Shouye, then hurried to Evergreen Valley after learning that Master Changchun was near death. As Changchun appointed Jinshan to succeed him, an ancient teleportation talisman in Wang Shouzhe’s possession resonated with Changchun’s azure-jade compass, revealing a possible clue to a foreign teleportation array.

• Wang Shouzhe summoned Wang Shouye and gave him the Scarlet Radiance Immortal Scripture to improve his cultivation and alchemy.
• A messenger told Wang Shouzhe that Master Changchun had reached the end of his lifespan, so Wang Shouzhe flew to Longzuo Academy.
• Wang Shouzhe reached Master Changchun and used life-source Profound Qi to sustain him for ten more days.
• Master Changchun gathered his disciples and officially appointed Senior Brother Jinshan as the next Evergreen Valley Master.
• Master Changchun gave Jinshan an azure-jade compass, and it resonated with Wang Shouzhe’s ancient teleportation talisman.

Wang Shouzhe and his companions used the jade-green compass and ancient teleportation talisman to enter a small minor world, where they met Green Little Yi and learned about the Azure Emperor legacy. Green Little Yi revealed that Wang Shouzhe was meant to inherit the Azure Emperor Immortal Scripture, while the chapter left him considering the value of the holy artifact he had just acquired.

• Wang Shouzhe combined the jade-green compass with the ancient teleportation talisman and opened a spatial gate into a small, wood-rich minor world.
• Wang Shouzhe, Junior Sister Luwei, Senior Brother Jinshan, and Master Changchun met Green Little Yi, the artifact spirit of the Yi Wood Creation Bottle, who identified Wang Shouzhe as the Little Holy Emperor's heir.
• Green Little Yi learned that Wang Shouzhe's bloodline aptitude was nearing Saint Son level and marveled that it surpassed Gui Wushuang's at the same stage.
• Green Little Yi explained that Gui Wushuang had left an Azure Emperor Immortal Scripture and instructions to retrieve the Azure Emperor Sacred Diagram after reaching the Void Ascension Realm.
• Wang Shouzhe agreed to help Senior Brother Jinshan inherit the Azure Emperor Codex and promised that Evergreen Valley would rise into an Evergreen Sacred Land.
• Green Little Yi described the Yi Wood Creation Bottle's ability to nurture spirit plants, and Wang Shouzhe reflected that his own bloodline already offered similar benefits.

Wang Shouzhe inherited the Azure Emperor Immortal Scripture, awakened a Saint Son bloodline, and discovered that the Azure Emperor Tower held Chaos Origin that could save Master Changchun. The chapter ended with Changchun hopeful that he would survive.

• Luwei demonstrated her spirit-plant acceleration, then learned that Wang Shouzhe could cultivate plants much faster by using his Profound Qi.
• Wang Shouzhe discovered that Luwei could store his life-source essence and release it to accelerate plants automatically, making her a useful cultivation assistant.
• Wang Shouzhe entered seclusion in the Azure Emperor Tower and inherited the Azure Emperor Immortal Scripture, raising his bloodline to slightly above the early tenth-level Saint-Manifest True Body.
• Wang Shouzhe tried to save Master Changchun but learned that his weakening true spirit could not be restored with Profound Qi alone.
• Luwei explained that Chaos Origin could replenish Changchun's true spirit and revealed that three threads were stored in the Azure Emperor Tower.
• Wang Shouzhe examined the three threads of Chaos Origin, and Changchun grew hopeful that he would survive.