Recaps

Wang Shouye entered Master Danding’s disciple-selection examination and placed second, despite doubting his chances against the many talented candidates. Master Danding chose Si Xinghai, Qian Xuefu, and Wang Shouye as his disciples, with the Prefecture Prince’s support deciding the final place.

• Wang Shouye watched Dongfang Yuxi and other celebrated young alchemists arrive, while Qian Xuefu assured him that he had little chance of being selected.
• Gu Hanyu appeared as Master Danding’s disciple and announced the examination, then silenced Qian Xuefu with silver needles when he made an inappropriate remark.
• Wang Shouye took the examination, and Gu Hanyu later reported that he placed second behind Dongfang Yuxi; Si Xinghai ranked eleventh and Qian Xuefu thirteenth.
• Master Danding told Gu Hanyu that pressure from powerful clans and the City Governor’s Office had forced him to hold the selection and that he would admit Si Xinghai and Qian Xuefu.
• Master Danding chose Wang Shouye for the remaining place because he could not refuse the Prefecture Prince’s request, surprising Gu Hanyu.

Gu Hanyu announced that Master Danding had chosen Qian Xuefu, Si Xinghai, and Wang Shouye as his disciples, surprising the gathered clans by passing over the top-ranked Dongfang Yuxi. Dongfang Bohua protested, and Yuxi challenged Wang Shouye to exchange pointers, leaving Wang Shouzhe to decide how the Wang Clan would respond.

• Qian Jingde and Yuwen Jinghong discussed the rankings while the clan elders praised Dongfang Yuxi's first-place result and speculated about who would be selected.
• Gu Hanyu announced Qian Xuefu as Master Danding's first disciple and Si Xinghai as his second.
• Gu Hanyu named Wang Shouye as the third disciple, surprising the gathered clans and angering the Dongfang Clan.
• Dongfang Bohua protested the decision, but Gu Hanyu rebuked him and reminded him that Master Danding had the final say.
• Dongfang Yuxi asked to exchange pointers with Wang Shouye, and the gathered elders looked to Wang Shouzhe to answer.

Wang Shouye competed with Dongfang Yuxi in refining Great Guyuan Pills, and his supposedly poor performance outdid Dongfang’s best result. The contest ended with Dongfang’s confidence and reputation shattered, while Wang Shouye remained unaware of how exceptional his alchemy had become.

• Wang Shouzhe agreed to let Wang Shouye compete with Dongfang Yuxi, who chose the Great Guyuan Pill as their contest.
• Wang Shouye accepted the challenge despite Qian Xuefu and Yuwen Nianjing warning that Dongfang had extensive experience refining the costly pill.
• Dongfang Yuxi presented seven well-formed pills and believed he had secured the victory.
• Gu Hanyu inspected Wang Shouye’s box and announced that it contained eight pills of excellent appearance.
• Dongfang Yuxi examined the pills, then lost his composure when Wang Shouye explained that he usually formed nine when performing well.
• Wang Shouzhe remained calm, knowing Wang Shouye had practiced by refining more than a hundred furnaces of Great Guyuan Pills each year.

Wang Shouye completed his apprenticeship ceremony under Master Danding and astonished his fellow disciples by revealing his third-layer Lihuo Bloodline. At Purple Mansion Academy, Lu Xianghui met the newly recruited Wang Liyao outside Qianqiu Hall.

• The major figures congratulated Wang Shouye after he was accepted as Master Danding's disciple, and Dongfang Bohua took Dongfang Yuxi away from Tianyuan Pill Workshop.
• Gu Hanyu brought Wang Shouye, Qian Xuefu, and Si Xinghai to meet Master Danding, where all three completed their apprenticeship ceremonies.
• Qian Xuefu and Si Xinghai described their cultivation, and Wang Shouye revealed that he was twenty-eight, at the peak of the first level of the Spirit Platform Realm, with a third-layer Lihuo Bloodline.
• Lu Xianghui hurried to Qianqiu Hall with Jiang Kangpeng and discussed the academy grand competition and its standout disciples with those gathered there.
• Zhang Xiuping arrived at Qianqiu Hall on his Ancient Blood Spirit Elephant, and Wang Liyao introduced herself to Lu Xianghui as a disciple the academy was preparing to recruit.

Wang Liyao toured Qianqiu Hall with Lu Xianghui while disguising herself, and was surprised to see her aunts Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu return from a mission. After the sisters learned that Yu Hang had returned gravely injured from the Outer Realm Battlefield, they went to gather information at the Yuanshui Heavenly Lake branch.

• Wang Liyao paid Lu Xianghui to guide her around the Academy before she formally joined, and he began showing her Qianqiu Hall.
• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu arrived by flying carriage and turned in a mission, earning eleven thousand credits for killing three wanted rogue cultivators.
• Wang Luoqiu planned to use her share of the credits to advance her True Martial Body Tempering Art, while Wang Luojing went to exchange credits for Great Guyuan Pills.
• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu heard that Yu Hang had returned from the Outer Realm Battlefield with grave injuries and that Master Yuanshui had called Master Changchun to treat him.
• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu decided to visit the Yuanshui Heavenly Lake branch and gather information about the possible changes on the Outer Realm Battlefield.

Wang Liyao arrived at Yuanshui Heavenly Lake with Lu Xianghui and explored the lineage’s lakeside wonders as she traveled to its island. Meanwhile, Master Changchun stabilized Yu Hang’s grave injuries, but his recovery depended on years of costly treatment.

• Lu Xianghui guided Wang Liyao up Yuanshui Heavenly Mountain and introduced the lineage’s history and landmarks.
• Wang Liyao reached Yuanshui Heavenly Lake, admired its scenery and spirit qi, and learned that the Water Curtain Heavenly Splendor guarded the lineage.
• Lu Xianghui explained that a Seventh Rank Primordial Water Spirit Turtle lived in the lake and that disciples sometimes rode its descendants.
• Wang Liyao watched lineage disciples harvest pearls from a Yuanshui Pearl Clam as the ferry carried her toward Lake Heart Island.
• Master Changchun told Master Yuanshui that Yu Hang’s injuries had been stabilized, but he needed prolonged treatment with rare pills and Origin Water Essence.

Purple Mansion Academy’s masters discussed Yu Hang’s poisoned injuries and planned a response against the Yin Sha Demon Sect, while Master Yuanshui praised his chosen disciple Wang Liyao. At Yuanshui Heavenly Lake, Ninth Young Lady ignored her suitors and eagerly approached Liyao, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Master Yuanshui asked Master Binglan to invite Wang Longyan to treat Yu Hang’s Mysterious Yin Baleful Poison, and Master Binglan agreed to send for her.
• Masters Xuanyao, Binglan, and Changchun announced that they would take Celestial Realm disciples to the Outer Realm Battlefield, while Lady Huandie and Master Yuanshui guarded the Academy.
• Master Yuanshui revealed that Wang Liyao had top-grade B-class aptitude and a pure Yuanshui Bloodline, prompting the other masters to admire the Changning Wang Clan’s prospects.
• Lu Xianghui explained that Yuanshui Heavenly Lake’s disciples were competing to win Ninth Young Lady, a Third-Order Primordial Water Spirit Turtle, as a spirit pet.
• Senior Brother Le Xian offered Ninth Young Lady a Mystic Water Spirit Fruit, which she swallowed before charging through the crowd to rub her head affectionately against Wang Liyao.

Wang Liyao drew the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle Ninth Young Lady’s affection, provoking a jealous clash with her Vermilion Fire Sparrow and angering Senior Brother Le Xian, who had spent heavily trying to win the turtle. After Wang Liyao blocked Le Xian’s attack on Lu Xianghui and revealed her Origin Water Finger, she claimed Xiao Jiu and faced Le Xian’s threat to take her down.

• Ninth Young Lady eagerly fawned over Wang Liyao, while the Vermilion Fire Sparrow emerged from Wang Liyao’s Spirit Beast Bag and fought with the turtle over her.
• Wang Liyao stopped the fight and hesitated to take Ninth Young Lady, until the turtle produced a hoard of gifts that included treasures from Senior Brother Zhenghua, Senior Sister Yuyun, and Senior Brother Le Xian.
• Senior Brother Le Xian ordered Wang Liyao off Yuanshui Heavenly Lake Island and threatened to punish Lu Xianghui, but Wang Liyao defended him.
• Senior Brother Le Xian attacked Lu Xianghui with Origin Water Finger, and Wang Liyao intercepted the strike with the same technique.
• Wang Liyao introduced herself, claimed Xiao Jiu, and challenged Le Xian, who accused her of stealing the Academy’s secret art and gathered his Primordial Water aura to attack.

Wang Liyao fought Senior Brother Le Xian after he attacked her, revealing overwhelming mastery of the Water Shadow Sword Technique and her High-Grade Spirit Sword, Autumn Water Sword. She left Le Xian badly shaken and unveiled Primordial Water Sword Intent before the gathered disciples.

• Senior Brother Le Xian attacked Wang Liyao with his Linshui Sword, but she evaded it using Water Flow Shadow.
• Le Xian unleashed six sword shadows with his Water Shadow Sword Technique, and Wang Liyao answered by forming nine with Autumn Water Sword.
• Wang Liyao's sword formation shattered Le Xian's, and he barely defended himself against the four remaining shadows, suffering injuries and exhausting much of his Profound Qi.
• Wang Liyao condemned Le Xian for bullying fellow sect members and struck at him with Autumn Water Sword.
• Wang Liyao's attack displayed Primordial Water Sword Intent, astonishing the disciples as the lake's waters surged and Spirit Fish leaped from the surface.

Wang Liyao defeated Senior Brother Le Xian with her Primordial Water Sword Intent, but Elder Shang intervened and tried to take her to the Law Enforcement Hall. She resisted his attack and revealed strength and treasures powerful enough to push the Celestial Realm elder back, leaving the watching disciples stunned.

• Wang Liyao struck Senior Brother Le Xian with her Primordial Water Sword Intent, sending him crashing into the Turtle Basking Platform and leaving him vulnerable to a rain of sword shadows.
• Elder Shang arrived and shielded Le Xian, then accused Wang Liyao of secretly learning Yuanshui Lineage techniques and ordered her to surrender.
• Wang Liyao refused, while Elder Shang restrained Ninth Young Lady and attacked her with the Origin Water Spirit Hand.
• Wang Liyao evaded Elder Shang's pursuing attack with Water Flow Shadow and used a Flying Feather Spirit Treasure to escape its grasp.
• Wang Liyao struck Elder Shang with a more powerful Primordial Water Sword Intent, forcing him backward and nearly breaking his Origin Water Spirit Shield.

Wang Liyao fought Elder Shang after he attacked her with his Yuanshui Treasure Blade, revealing an arsenal of powerful artifacts and a highly awakened Yuanshui Bloodline. She unleashed the Divine Soul Spirit Artifact Mountain River Seal, whose overwhelming power left Elder Shang facing a strike nearing the late Celestial Realm.

• Elder Shang summoned his mid-grade Dharma Treasure, the Yuanshui Treasure Blade, and struck Wang Liyao with a powerful saber attack.
• Wang Liyao used the Heart-Guarding Spirit Shield to survive the blow with only light injuries, alarming Elder Shang with her collection of rare artifacts.
• Masters Binglan, Xuanyao, Yuanshui, and Huandie sensed the disturbance, but they turned back to discussing their lineages' resource allocations.
• Wang Liyao recovered with a Fourth-Grade Healing Pill and summoned the Mountain River Seal, revealing that she possessed a rare Divine Soul Spirit Artifact.
• Wang Liyao launched the Mountain River Seal, and its phantom mountains and rivers pressed down on Elder Shang with power approaching the late Celestial Realm.

Wang Liyao fought Elder Shang after he accused her of secretly learning the Yuanshui Lineage’s cultivation method, but she was weakened after using the Mountain River Seal. As Elder Shang moved to subdue her, Wang Longyan and Wang Shouzhe arrived, and Wang Liyao collapsed into her father’s arms.

• Elder Shang used a defensive jade talisman to withstand Wang Liyao’s Mountain River Seal, then was injured when the shield failed.
• Master Yuanshui sent Fu Haobo to stop the sparring and bring the participants to him after the disturbance reached the meeting hall.
• Wang Liyao rebuked Elder Shang for judging her without hearing her side, but he accused her of stealing the Yuanshui Lineage’s secret canon and attacked with the Universe Ring.
• Wang Liyao resisted the Universe Ring’s pressure with her Heart-Guarding Spirit Shield, while Elder Shang demanded that she admit fault.
• Wang Longyan arrived with the Purple Lightning Sword and shouted at Elder Shang for bullying her clanswoman.
• Wang Shouzhe caught the exhausted Wang Liyao as she fell, and she cried that she no longer wanted to join the Yuanshui Lineage.

Wang Shouzhe and Wang Longyan rescued Wang Liyao from Elder Shang, and Wang Liyao rejected her planned apprenticeship with Master Yuanshui after learning how the Yuanshui Lineage handled its disciples. As the Masters competed to recruit her, the Purple Mansion Academy Dean arrived and declared that Liyao would be his disciple, making her Master Yuanshui’s junior sister.

• Wang Longyan blasted Elder Shang’s Universe Ring aside, and Wang Shouzhe’s Bloodthirsty Vine helped her defeat and restrain him.
• Master Changchun stopped Master Yuanshui and Master Binglan from escalating their clash, and Wang Shouzhe ordered the vine to release Elder Shang.
• Lu Xianghui corrected Elder Shang’s account of the incident, and Wang Shouzhe told Master Yuanshui that Wang Liyao no longer wished to join the Yuanshui Lineage.
• Wang Shouzhe said he would take Wang Liyao to Lingyun Sacred Land, while several Masters tried to recruit her into their lineages.
• The Purple Mansion Academy Dean arrived on the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle, rebuked Master Yuanshui, and declared Wang Liyao his disciple.

Wang Liyao accepted True Person Tianhe as her master after he punished Shang Jiping, sent Shang Lexian away for training, and promised her the future leadership of the Yuanshui Lineage. Elsewhere, Qian Xue'an learned that Qian Xuerui had arrived in Changning Guard, while Wang Shouzhe traveled to Xincheng Guard to pursue Lady Bilian’s request concerning the Six-Tailed Fire Fox.

• The Dean admitted fault for the Academy’s treatment of Wang Liyao, made Shang Jiping her servant for one hundred years, and sent Shang Lexian beyond the domain to train.
• The Dean offered to take Wang Liyao as his disciple and eventually entrust her with the Yuanshui Lineage and Purple Mansion Academy, and she accepted him as Master.
• Qian Xue'an learned that Qian Xuerui was coming to Changning Guard, then discovered the young man’s ship had already docked and suspected someone had concealed the timing from him.
• Wang Shouzhe obtained the Celestial Chapter of the Profound Origin Technique from the Longzuo Wang Clan and traveled to Xincheng Guard to address Lady Bilian’s request involving the Six-Tailed Fire Fox.

Wang Shouzhe arrived at the Yuwen Clan residence to help with the Six-Tailed Fire Fox, while the clan’s young guests competed to win the fox’s favor. After Ji Mingyu failed, Wang Shouzhe arrived to try, and Ji Mingyu conceded that Shouzhe was the superior choice.

• Yuwen Hanmo welcomed Wang Shouzhe and escorted him to the Yuwen Clan’s main residence, where Lady Bilian received him.
• Wang Shouzhe and Lady Bilian discussed the matter of the Six-Tailed Fire Fox while Yuwen Jianye, Chi Junjie, Wang Zongsheng, and Ji Mingyu waited outside Heavenly Fox Pavilion.
• The Six-Tailed Fire Fox threw Ji Mingyu out of the pavilion after he angered it, costing him the chance to earn the reward.
• Yuwen Jianye’s retainer mentioned that Lady Bilian had invited another outstanding talent to try to please the fox.
• Wang Shouzhe entered with Lady Bilian, and Ji Mingyu recognized him and admitted defeat.

Wang Shouzhe entered the Heavenly Fox Pavilion to coax the Six-Tailed Fire Fox into eating its advancement food, but its breakthrough triggered a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation. After healing the badly injured fox, Wang Shouzhe was struck by a branch of the sixth heavenly lightning bolt and had to face the attack himself.

• Wang Shouzhe entered the Heavenly Fox Pavilion, and the Six-Tailed Fire Fox eagerly approached him after sensing his scent.
• Wang Shouzhe persuaded the Six-Tailed Fire Fox to eat the Spirit Food and advancement pills, triggering its breakthrough and a heavenly tribulation.
• The Six-Tailed Fire Fox endured five bolts of heavenly lightning but was badly injured by the fifth and fell back into the pavilion.
• Wang Shouzhe healed the Six-Tailed Fire Fox with his Profound Qi, interfering with the heavenly tribulation as the sixth bolt gathered.
• The Six-Tailed Fire Fox flew up to endure the sixth bolt, while a branch of the lightning struck toward Wang Shouzhe.

Wang Shouzhe survived the heavenly lightning while helping the Six-Tailed Fire Fox pass her tribulation, and the heavenly rain improved both their strength. The newly awakened Seven-Tailed Fire Fox declared herself his younger sister and planned to stay at his home, leaving Lady Bilian furious.

• Wang Shouzhe used Wang Shouwei, a Diamond Shield, healing items, and Ancient Tree Armor to withstand the heavenly lightning without injury.
• After the tribulation, the heavenly rain healed the Six-Tailed Fire Fox and raised Wang Shouzhe's cultivation and bloodline; the fox advanced to tier seven.
• The Seven-Tailed Fire Fox called Wang Shouzhe her husband and proposed dual cultivation, but accepted his suggestion that they become siblings instead.
• Wang Zongsheng and Lady Bilian arrived and congratulated the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox on her advancement.
• The Seven-Tailed Fire Fox announced she would stay at Wang Shouzhe's home, and Lady Bilian angrily challenged their new sworn-sibling relationship.

Wang Shouzhe completed his successful visit to the Yuwen Clan, earning a reward and the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox’s friendship, while a Wang Clan exploration team in Liu Ping Mountain discovered a dangerous third-tier Red-Scaled Horned Python. The chapter ended as the young clansmen prepared to face the beast.

• The Seven-Tailed Fire Fox defended Wang Shouzhe and agreed to remain with the Yuwen Clan until she had consolidated her cultivation, then visit him.
• Lady Bilian gave Wang Shouzhe one hundred thousand Qian Gold and a jade box of rare plant seeds as thanks for helping the Fire Fox advance.
• After several days as a guest, Wang Shouzhe left the Yuwen Clan and headed home.
• Wang Zongyao, Wang Shouming, Wang Luoqing, Wang Lilian, and their companions explored Liu Ping Mountain, searching for a peak second-rank Red-Scaled Horned Python and possible fire resources.
• Wang Shouming sensed fiery energy, and Wang Luoqing sent an earth puppet ahead to scout the hazardous terrain.
• The earth puppet was destroyed by a third-tier Red-Scaled Horned Python, so Wang Hu formed the guards into a battle formation as the beast charged.

Wang Shouming and the Wang Clan youths defeated a wounded Red-Scaled Horned Python and discovered a Fire Spirit Vein and possible ancient ruins in its cave. They secured the site and waited for clan support, and Wang Shouyong arrived to praise their caution and promise rewards.

• Wang Shouming led the Wang Clan youths and household generals in using arrows, shields, and Witch No. 29 seeds to wound the Red-Scaled Horned Python, which fled into the rocks.
• Wang Lilian found the python’s blood, and Wang Luoqing sent an Earth Puppet through a crevice and discovered an Earth Fire Cave beneath it.
• The group carefully explored the cave and found a lava pond beside a natural Fire Spirit Vein, with spiritual herbs and signs of human excavation.
• Wang Shouming’s group cautiously killed the injured python, gathered the herbs and spoils, and discovered a mechanism they chose not to activate.
• The Wang Clan set up camp outside the cave and sent household generals to report their discovery to the Clan.
• Wang Shouyong arrived seven or eight days later, praised the youngsters for waiting for support, and promised to report their merit for extra rewards.

The Wang Clan secured Qinglian Fire Valley and opened an ancient secret chamber containing the inheritance and history of the Artifact Refining master Tian Yezi. Ancestor Longyan offered the four young discoverers a chance to try the inheritance, leaving the Clan with a potential path to gain Artifact Refining expertise and a Celestial Realm puppet.

• Wang Shouyong praised Wang Shouming and the others for discovering Qinglian Fire Valley and advised them to develop the remote site patiently.
• Liu Ruolan organized the Clan to stabilize the magma passage before a puppet activated the mechanism, and Ancestor Longyan safely explored the newly opened secret chamber.
• Ancestor Longyan revealed that Tian Yezi had fled the Heaven Fire Sect on Tianji Continent, settled in Qinglian Fire Valley, and died after failing to reach the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Ancestor Longyan said Tian Yezi had left his Artifact Refining insights, a damaged Celestial Realm puppet, and a final wish concerning the Heaven Fire Sect and his former daoist friend's descendants.
• Wang Shouming asked to inherit Tian Yezi's Artifact Refining knowledge, and Ancestor Longyan gave each of the four young discoverers a chance to try.

The Wang Clan uncovered Tian Yezi’s artifact-refining inheritance, and Wang Ping unexpectedly passed its test, prompting Liu Ruolan to arrange for him and Wang Zongyao to study it. Meanwhile, Qian Xuerui used the Patriarch Token to remove Qian Xue'an as chief shopkeeper, leaving Qian Xue'an convinced that the Qian Clan had invited trouble with the Wang Clan.

• Wang Shouming, Wang Lilian, Wang Luoqing, Wang Zongyao, and other Wang Clan members failed Tian Yezi’s compatibility test, but eleven-year-old Wang Ping opened the artifact-refining box and obtained Yetian Art.
• Liu Ruolan tested Wang Ping with a swift sword strike and recognized his unusually quick instincts and early divine sense; she assigned him and Wang Zongyao to study the artifact-refining inheritance.
• The Wang Clan began planning paths, living quarters, forging areas, and defenses for Qinglian Fire Valley.
• Qian Xuerui accused Qian Xue'an of favoring the Changning Wang Clan over the Qian Clan’s interests.
• Qian Xuerui produced the Patriarch Token and removed Qian Xue'an from his post as chief shopkeeper; Qian Xue'an left, expecting the Qian Clan to suffer for antagonizing the Wang Clan.

Wang Shouzhe reflected on Ping'an Town’s development and the Wang Clan’s growing prosperity as he returned to the main residence. Wang Zongcai also came home from his travels, where he was greeted by younger relatives before Wang Shouzhe invited them to dinner and a schoolwork test.

• Wang Shouzhe traveled through Ping'an Town and observed its expanded farmland, waterways, cement roads, and growing grain-seed business.
• Wang Shouzhe reflected on how his clan’s prosperity had improved its members’ lives and helped neighboring aristocratic clans grow.
• Wang Zongcai returned to the Wang Clan Main Residence after visiting the Yingxiu Lu Clan and training in Donghai Guard.
• Wang Zongcai gave gifts to Wang Zongxu, Wang Shining, Wang Yingxue, and the other younger relatives who crowded around him.
• Wang Shouzhe arrived and invited the children to eat at his courtyard, where he planned to test their schoolwork.

Wang Shouzhe returned home and reunited with his family before sending Wang Zongcai to train in the commandery city. Meanwhile, Wang Zongan adjusted to ordinary disciple life in Evergreen Valley and learned that his sister Wang Liyao had become the Dean’s prized disciple.

• Liu Ruolan welcomed Wang Shouzhe home, and he examined the children’s lessons before praising Wang Zongcai and agreeing he could go to the commandery city next spring.
• Liu Ruolan asked Liu Feifei and Wang Shicheng to stay in her courtyard while she and Wang Shouzhe went away to handle important matters.
• Wang Zongan tended his Spirit Fields and Red-Bellied Golden Sparrows, then shared Spirit Mushroom soup with Senior Sister Bailing and Senior Brother Yuan Mo.
• Senior Brother Yuan Mo said the Dean had accepted a nineteen-year-old Great Heavenly Prodigy who had reached the second layer of the Spirit Platform Realm and could contend with ordinary Celestial Realm cultivators.
• Wang Zongan realized that his parents had sent him to Evergreen Valley to experience ordinary cultivators’ lives and prepare him for his responsibilities as the Wang Clan’s Young Clan Leader.

Wang Zongan joined Senior Sister Bailing and Senior Brother Yuan Mo to harvest Spirit Mushrooms during Evergreen Valley’s Spirit Tide, quietly using his strength to collect extra Longevity Tree Leaves. As the Longevity Tree shed bark and began growing a Longevity Fruit, the disciples realized the Spirit Tide had produced an extraordinary harvest.

• Wang Zongan concealed his peak Qi Refining Realm cultivation and told Senior Sister Bailing and Senior Brother Yuan Mo that he was a Seventh-Rank Aristocratic Clan’s Young Clan Leader attending the Academy temporarily.
• Senior Sister Bailing suggested they harvest Spirit Mushrooms beneath the Longevity Tree, and Senior Brother Yuan Mo revealed that he had an expensive miniature Ice Crystal Cold Storage.
• The three joined a long line of Evergreen Valley disciples and began picking Spirit Mushrooms when the Spirit Tide caused them to sprout at dawn.
• The Longevity Tree shed leaves, and Wang Zongan used his divine sense to gather six Longevity Tree Leaves for himself and four for Senior Sister Bailing while the other disciples collected some too.
• The Longevity Tree shed ancient bark, then bloomed and rapidly grew a Longevity Fruit, astonishing the disciples.

As Evergreen Valley’s elders and core disciples gathered beneath the Longevity Tree, a newly revealed spirit-seed fruit sparked a contest to choose its caretaker. After Wang Zongan watched the disciples present their plants, the Longevity Tree spoke to him and entrusted him with its youngest daughter.

• Senior Brother Yuze ordered the ordinary disciples to leave the Longevity Tree Bark for the public storehouse, while the disciples filled their baskets with Spirit Mushrooms.
• Senior Brother Jinshan and several elders arrived, then argued with the core disciples over who should receive the extra Longevity Fruit.
• The Longevity Fruit began to glow, and an elder identified it as a spirit seed capable of growing into a new Longevity Tree.
• Senior Brother Jinshan proposed choosing the spirit seed’s caretaker by comparing the disciples’ nurtured spirit plants, and the core disciples returned with their plants.
• Li Yuze presented his Fire Dragon Fruit tree, which drew praise from the elders as Wang Zongan watched without a spirit plant of his own.
• The Longevity Tree spoke to Wang Zongan and entrusted its youngest daughter to him, asking him to make her his Life-Bound Spirit Plant when he reached the Celestial Realm.