Recaps

Wang Anye mistook the disguised Wu Yiluo for a fugitive, fought her, and discovered that she was Prince An’s daughter and a powerful young cultivator. The arrival of Prince Zhenzuo Wu Dianshan with an order to seal Qingluo Guard left Wang Zongan fearing the children’s encounter had caused a serious problem.

• Wang Anye interrogated Wu Yiluo, identified her valuable possessions, and refused to believe her claim that she was a princess.
• Wu Yiluo revealed she was the little princess of Prince An’s Mansion, then fought Wang Anye after he accused her of lying; their fight exposed her disguise as a girl.
• Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo continued their duel outside, where each manifested a Dharma Image Phantom before Wang Zongan arrived and ordered Wang Anye to stop.
• Wu Yiluo introduced herself as Prince An Wu Mingyuan’s daughter, and Wang Zongan realized Wang Anye had bullied someone of imperial blood.
• Prince Zhenzuo Wu Dianshan arrived by Flying Carriage and ordered Wang Zongan to seal off all of Qingluo Guard.

Wang Zongan reunited Wu Yiluo with her parents after she blamed Wang Anye for their misadventures, and the adults learned the truth before asking Wang Shouzhe to resolve the matter. At the Great Wild Marsh, the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox stopped the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon from escaping; three days later, Wang Shouzhe met Prince An, setting the stage for a possible shift in the War of the Imperial Sons.

• Wang Zongan welcomed Prince An, Wu Mingyuan, Princess Consort Gongye Qingrui, and Prince Zhenzuo, Wu Dianshan, then called Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo forward.
• Wu Yiluo accused Wang Anye of bullying her, but Wang Anye recounted what had happened, and she eventually confirmed his version.
• Wu Dianshan urged Wang Zongan to invite Wang Shouzhe, while Wang Shouzhe received the message and left the Great Wild Marsh with Liu Ruolan for Qingluo Guard.
• After Wang Shouzhe departed, the Seven-Tailed Fire Fox battered the escaping Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon and forced it back into the marsh, where it guarded a river clam bearing near-sixth-grade Pearl Grass.
• Three days later, Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan met Prince An and Gongye Qingrui, and Wu Dianshan recognized that Wang Shouzhe could become a major variable in the War of the Imperial Sons.

Wang Shouzhe and Wu Mingyuan reconciled over Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo’s dispute, while Gongye Qingrui and Wu Dianshan worked to steer the adults toward a marriage alliance between the children. The chapter ended with Anye and Yiluo rejecting the proposal and getting beaten again as their elders continued discussing it.

• Liu Ruolan and Gongye Qingrui quickly became friendly, while Wang Shouzhe and Wu Mingyuan exchanged gifts and learned more about each other.
• Wang Shouzhe apologized for Wang Anye’s behavior, and Wang Zongan and Wang Shizhao punished Anye while Gongye Qingrui also beat Wu Yiluo.
• Gongye Qingrui considered the political benefits of an alliance with the Wang Clan and signaled that she wanted to guide the children toward marriage.
• Wu Dianshan proposed that Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo marry, but both children angrily rejected the match.
• Wang Shizhao and Gongye Qingrui beat Anye and Yiluo again for interrupting the adults’ discussion.

Wang Shouzhe tested Prince An, Wu Mingyuan, by questioning his plans to develop North Guard and reclaim the Dara Great Desert, then agreed to discuss a marriage between Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo. After several days of negotiations settled the match, Wang Shouzhe sent Wang Zongan to tell Liyao that the time had come to proceed with the plan.

• Wang Shouzhe questioned Wu Mingyuan about North Guard’s development, and Wu Mingyuan explained his plans for cultivation and a canal linking West Sea, North Guard, and Guilong City.
• Wang Shouzhe praised Wu Mingyuan’s grand plan, while Wu Mingyuan revealed that Prince Hao had helped devise it and Wu Dianshan warned him not to speak of Prince Hao.
• Wang Shouzhe weighed the strengths and risks of Prince Kang and Prince An, and privately began leaning toward Prince An.
• Wang Shouzhe and Prince An agreed to discuss Wang Anye and Wu Yiluo’s marriage, which the adults finalized after several days of tense negotiations.
• Wang Shouzhe gave Wang Zongan a letter for Liyao and told him to say that the time had come to proceed according to the plan.

Wang Shouzhe secured the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon as a future guardian Spirit Beast for the Wang Clan, while Wang Zongan visited Evergreen Valley to arrange support for the clan. The chapter ended with Wang Liyao preparing to reveal her strength and bring Xiange into action.

• Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Fire Fox negotiated with the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon, which agreed to serve the Wang Clan for two hundred years in exchange for the Pearl Grass and its care.
• Wang Shouzhe sealed the agreement with the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon and entrusted it to Ancestor Fire Fox for training.
• Wang Zongan returned to Evergreen Valley, reunited with former fellow disciples, and persuaded Senior Sister Luwei to lend the Wang Clan help and resources.
• Wang Zongan visited the Longevity Tree and told it that he was caring for its daughter as his Life-Bound Spirit Plant.
• Wang Liyao read Wang Shouzhe's letter, recognized that his plan had begun, and summoned Xiange as she prepared to take action.

At White Cloud Pavilion’s Big Eater Competition, Wang Liyao defeated the capital’s favored contestants and announced that she would challenge its prodigies and the Sacred Land’s Nine Lineages. Her declaration left Prince Heng and the crowd stunned as she began testing her strength in the capital.

• Prince Heng watched the Big Eater Competition and recalled Wang Lici, who had once eaten at White Cloud Pavilion for free.
• Wang Liyao outlasted Fang Yaowu and Shangguan Yunhong by using her Primordial Water Profound Qi to digest the spirit beef as she ate.
• Fang Yaowu collapsed from overeating, and Shangguan Yunhong quit after nearly vomiting.
• Shangguan Yunhong accused Wang Liyao of cheating and lunged to tear off her veil, but she kicked him off the stage.
• Wang Liyao revealed a banner identifying herself as Longzuo Academy’s true disciple and challenged anyone under one hundred and fifty to fight her, declaring she would defeat the capital’s prodigies and sweep through the Sacred Land’s Nine Lineages.

Wang Liyao began her trial of edge in Guilong City, where she effortlessly defeated Shangguan Yunhong and demonstrated her mastery of Primordial Water True Intent. Prince Heng recognized the significance of her arrival during the War of the Imperial Sons and wondered what it might mean.

• Prince Heng recognized Wang Liyao as True Person Tianhe's Great Heavenly Prodigy disciple after she announced her challenge to Shangjing's prodigies.
• Shangguan Yunhong's Celestial Realm guard attacked Wang Liyao, but Mo Wanchiu intercepted him and declared that challengers had to get past her first.
• Shangguan Yunhong entered his Dragon-Elephant Battle Body and charged Wang Liyao, who stopped him by redirecting his force into the cloud platform.
• Wang Liyao tossed Shangguan Yunhong off the arena, and Prince Heng declared that his defeat was final.
• Prince Heng recalled Gongyang Ce's trial of edge and suspected Wang Liyao's arrival might be connected to the War of the Imperial Sons.

Wang Liyao’s victory at White Cloud Pavilion drew Guilong City’s attention, while Prince Heng welcomed her and learned she was Wang Shouzhe’s daughter. Back in Ping'an Town, Wang Shouzhe confronted the mischievous Wang Yingqi and realized that his daughter, granddaughter, and grandniece might all be pulled into contests for the Sacred Land’s leadership.

• Prince Heng stopped Shangguan Yunhong from continuing the confrontation, and Fang Yaowu fled rather than challenge Wang Liyao.
• News of Wang Liyao’s Great Heavenly Prodigy Trial Battle spread through Guilong City, and Prince Heng offered her lavish hospitality and a new arena at White Cloud Pavilion.
• Wang Liyao told Prince Heng that her father was Wang Shouzhe of the Changning Wang Clan, though he had never heard of him.
• Wang Shouzhe caught eight fleeing children in the clan residence and questioned Wang Yingqi about her Heavenly Maiden Alliance with Wang Yingxuan.
• Wang Yingqi said she planned to accompany Wang Yingxuan to the Sacred Land and help her pursue the Saint path, leaving Wang Shouzhe to worry that several female relatives might be drawn into the struggle for Sacred Land leadership.

Wang Shouzhe forced the Wang Clan’s children to study, while Wang Liyao continued defeating challengers in Guilong City as Prince Heng turned the matches into a profitable spectacle. The chapter ended with Wang Liyao negotiating a share of the proceeds and confronting the problem of fighting Wang Annan, her junior by clan seniority.

• Wang Shouzhe gave the Wang Clan children piles of books and ordered them to take monthly exams, leaving them weeping after he departed.
• Prince Heng arranged scheduled challenges for Wang Liyao at White Cloud Pavilion, where she quickly defeated several young prodigies and Chen Muying.
• Wu Xuening persuaded Wu Zhixing to accompany her to White Cloud Pavilion so she could watch the Great Heavenly Prodigy Trial.
• Wang Liyao agreed to cooperate with Prince Heng for thirty percent of the trial’s revenue, then learned that Wang Annan was the next challenger.
• Wang Liyao pointed out that Wang Annan belonged to her grandson’s generation and said she would feel embarrassed to beat him, while Prince Heng insisted the match would cost extra.

Wang Liyao and Prince Heng raised the stakes on their partnership as rumors and hype turned her upcoming match with Wang Annan into a major event. In the arena, Wang Liyao overwhelmed him with Xiange and kept beating him for the full agreed duration, leaving the spectators stunned and Wang Annan begging for mercy.

• Wang Liyao negotiated a fifty-percent share of revenue with Prince Heng, who agreed to arrange their next match for profit.
• Prince Heng spread word of Wang Liyao’s humble origins, and the ensuing comparisons with Gongyang Ce and hype for her match with Wang Annan drew powerful spectators to White Cloud Pavilion.
• Wang Annan learned that Wang Liyao belonged to his grandaunt’s generation and angrily dismissed her claim of kinship before challenging her.
• Wang Annan attacked with the Wang Clan Shadow-Splitting Sword, but Wang Liyao summoned Xiange and crushed his assault with a powerful sword strike.
• Wang Liyao continued beating the injured Wang Annan for one incense stick’s time as promised, until he begged his great-aunt to stop.

Wang Liyao humiliated Wang Annan in the trial battle, prompting the Realm-Stabilizing Ducal Estate to recognize her as a senior kinswoman and Prince Heng to profit from the spectacle. Meanwhile, Wang Anye accidentally triggered a passage through an ancient formation while the Wang Clan elders explored the wilderness beyond Shouzhe Pass.

• Wang Liyao beat Wang Annan for a full incense stick, and he admitted she was his grandaunt before leaving the arena in disgrace.
• Wang Yuchang ordered Wang Annan's legs broken and sent him to apologize to Wang Liyao after declaring her a blood relative of the Realm-Stabilizing Ducal Estate.
• Prince Heng learned that the crowd had enjoyed Wang Liyao's fight and booked seats for her next match, then named himself her uncle.
• Wang Shouzhe and the Wang Clan elders investigated an ancient formation discovered beyond Shouzhe Pass and brought Wang Anye to test it.
• Wang Anye jumped from the cliff more than thirty times without triggering anything, then tripped on a vine and opened a passage through the formation.

Wang Anye helped the Wang Clan investigate an ancient isolation formation and unexpectedly won the interest of its remnant-soul guardian, Ji Wuchen. Ji Wuchen offered to make Anye his disciple and give him a sentient storage ring, while Anye offered his Infinite Abyss to Wang Shouzhe.

• Lu Xiaoxiao opened a passage through the isolation formation and entered with the others, while Wang Shouzhe stayed outside with Wang Anye.
• When Lu Xiaoxiao could not crack the formation core, Wang Anye threw stones at it until a remnant soul spoke from within.
• Wang Shouzhe summoned Jiang Yuchen, who identified the formation's occupant as a likely late-stage Divine Ability Realm remnant soul and proposed suppressing him.
• Wang Anye urged the remnant soul to relocate and offered money, then impressed him by demonstrating his swordsmanship and Boundless Sea sword intent.
• The remnant soul revealed his name as Ji Wuchen and asked Wang Anye to become his disciple, offering a sentient storage ring and his sword.
• Wang Anye accepted the offer's appeal and told Wang Shouzhe he could take the Infinite Abyss, prompting the others to tease Wang Shouzhe for coveting it.

Wang Shouzhe approved Wang Anye’s apprenticeship to Ji Wuchen only after Passing Years acknowledged Anye as its master, giving the boy a powerful inherited sword and Ji’s guidance. Meanwhile, the Realm-Stabilizing Ducal Estate brought Wang Annan to apologize to Wang Liyao, but she rejected their attempt to call her their aunt.

• Wang Shouzhe questioned Ji Wuchen about his past, motives, and intentions, then rejected the apprenticeship unless the treasured sword’s control could safeguard Wang Anye.
• Lu Xiaoxiao proposed having Passing Years acknowledge Wang Anye as its master, and Ji Wuchen agreed to serve as its Artifact Spirit and pass on his lineage.
• Under the supervision of Wang Shouzhe, Elder Jiang, and the gathered ancestors, Passing Years acknowledged Wang Anye, and Ji Wuchen also gave him the Infinite Treasure Ring.
• Wang Shouzhe divided part of the discovered spirit vein between the Changning Lu Clan and the Changning Gongsun Clan, while the Wang Clan continued its cleansing and development operation beyond the borders.
• At White Cloud Pavilion, Prince Heng learned that Wang Yuchang had arrived with Wang Annan to apologize to Wang Liyao; the estate’s guards carried Annan into the arena on a stretcher while the crowd watched.
• Wang Yuchang announced that Wang Annan had been punished and ordered Wang Shida to kneel and apologize, but Wang Liyao stopped him and said she did not accept being called their aunt.

Wang Liyao secured a welcome into the Realm-Stabilizing Ducal Estate, while Emperor Longchang lent Wu Xuening the Spirit Treasure Thousand Autumns, which she passed to Wu Zhixing. The long-awaited duel between Wang Liyao and Wu Zhixing began at White Cloud Pavilion, where Thousand Autumns immediately embarrassed its new wielder.

• Wang Yuchang welcomed Wang Liyao into the Realm-Stabilizing Ducal Estate while Wang Shida beat Wang Annan for his insult; Wang Liyao eventually stopped the beating and agreed to move into the ancestral residence.
• Emperor Longchang lost a chess game to Wu Xuening’s clever trick and granted her the Spirit Treasure Thousand Autumns; Wu Xuening then gave it to Wu Zhixing to aid him against Wang Liyao.
• Lady Bilian urged Shangguan Yunque to keep the option of fighting Wang Liyao, but Shangguan Yunque argued that an older opponent would make Shangjing lose face.
• Wang Liyao arrived at White Cloud Pavilion with followers Mo Wanchiu and Wang Annan for her duel with Wu Zhixing.
• Wu Zhixing summoned Wang Liyao to the arena, but Thousand Autumns called her attractive and urged him to subdue her, prompting him to stomp the sword onto the arena in embarrassment.

Wu Zhixing and Wang Liyao began their duel in White Cloud Pavilion, where their Divine Ability Spirit Treasures caused embarrassment with a torrent of lewd insults. After Wu Zhixing revealed his Yinglong bloodline Dharma Image and Minor Divine Ability, Wang Liyao announced that she would answer with her own Suspended Water Divine Ability.

• Thousand Autumns embarrassed Wu Zhixing by shouting lewd advice in front of the crowd, and Wu Zhixing apologized to Wang Liyao before the duel.
• True Person Tianhe and Prince Dexin argued over the battle and wagered twenty top-grade Spirit Stones on their respective disciples.
• Wu Zhixing and Wang Liyao began fighting with their Divine Ability Spirit Treasure swords while Thousand Autumns and Xiange traded insults until their masters ordered them to stop.
• After the sword fight remained even, Wu Zhixing revealed his Yinglong bloodline Dharma Image and used his Minor Divine Ability, Heavenly Gang, to unleash a massive tornado.
• Wang Liyao withstood the tempest and announced her Minor Divine Ability, Suspended Water Divine Ability, First Form—Yin Turns to Drizzle.

Wang Liyao revealed her formidable cultivation and defeated Wu Zhixing with her Suspended Water Divine Ability, winning True Person Tianhe’s wager. After the battle, Eunuch Yao delivered an imperial decree summoning her to meet Emperor Longchang the next day.

• Wang Liyao revealed her Azure Phoenix manifestation and greater cultivation, then used Yin Turns to Drizzle to overwhelm Wu Zhixing’s defenses.
• Wang Liyao struck Wu Zhixing down with Heavenly One True Water and began a second technique, leaving him unable to surrender before he fainted.
• True Person Tianhe claimed victory over Prince Dexin, while Prince Yong'an promised to deliver twenty Supreme Spirit Stones within three days.
• Shangguan Yunque considered challenging Wang Liyao privately after Lady Bilian offered to arrange a sparring match.
• Eunuch Yao delivered Emperor Longchang’s decree summoning Wang Liyao to the palace the following day.

Wang Liyao met Emperor Longchang, openly declared the Changning Wang Clan’s support for Prince An, and left with imperial rewards after an unexpectedly candid conversation. As her fame spread ahead of her planned challenge to the Holy Land’s nine lineages, the chapter ended with Wang Yingxuan’s victory over the boys’ group interrupted by news that her grandfather was about to punish her father for her poor grades.

• Old Yao escorted Wang Liyao to the Humble Governance Pavilion, where Emperor Longchang praised her and questioned her plans to challenge the Holy Land’s prodigies.
• Wang Liyao told Emperor Longchang that the Changning Wang Clan would support Prince An’s bid to become Imperial Son, and she defended speaking openly about the lawful succession contest.
• Wang Liyao presented her father’s inventions, and Emperor Longchang became fascinated with the telescopes before recounting an embarrassing tale from his youth.
• Wang Liyao safely left the palace with gifts, while news of her victory and rumored future challenge to the Holy Land spread throughout Great Qian.
• Wang Yingxuan rode Huahua and led the Invincible Beautiful Girls Mutual Aid Alliance to defeat the Youthful Sunshine Boys’ Group.
• Madam Fang found Wang Yingxuan after learning she had failed five of seven core subjects and told her that Wang Shouzhe was preparing to punish her father.

Wang Shouzhe staged a harsh punishment of Wang Zongrui to spur the Wang Clan to discipline its children, then privately clashed with Liu Ruolan over his public rebuke of her. The chapter ended with Liu Ruoling taking over Liu Ruolan’s voice after Wang Shouzhe mentioned secretly meeting at Moon-Water Pavilion, leaving him alarmed.

• Wang Shouzhe ordered Wang Zongrui to receive fifty strokes for failing to discipline Wang Yingxuan, and he rebuked Liu Ruolan when she tried to stop the punishment.
• Wang Zongrui took Wang Yingxuan back to his courtyard and beat her, while Fang Xunfeng joined in and threatened to return to her parents’ home.
• The commotion prompted Wang Clan parents to punish their own misbehaving children, turning the night into a lasting ordeal for the younger generation.
• Wang Shouzhe revealed to Liu Ruolan that the public quarrel had been part of a plan to make the clan take children’s education seriously, but she confronted him for yelling at her.
• Wang Shouzhe challenged Liu Ruolan to settle their dispute at Moon-Water Pavilion, and Liu Ruoling’s voice suddenly came through, alarming him.

Wang Shouzhe investigated the late Prince Hao while Wang Luojing received a half-volume True Method from her dying master and promised to deliver it to the Southern Frontier Barbarian Gu Tribe. In North Guard, Wang Zongan arrived to help Prince An develop the Great Desert and revealed a Longevity Tree, shocking Senior Brother Jinshan with the discovery that Zongan had obtained the missing spirit seed.

• Wang Mei reported Prince Hao's military record to Wang Shouzhe, who suspected Prince Dexin's line might have been involved in Prince Hao's death and ordered her to investigate carefully.
• Wang Zongrui saw Wang Mei dressed like Wang Liyao and recognized her voice, which reminded him of a childhood nightmare involving Xiao Xue.
• Wang Luojing visited her dying master Zhou Changfeng in Insect Valley, accepted his half-volume Holy Gu True Method, and promised to deliver it with his letter to the Southern Frontier Barbarian Gu Tribe.
• Zhou Changfeng died, and Wang Luojing honored his final wishes by letting his venomous insects devour him and his stilted house.
• Wang Zongan arrived in North Guard with Wang Clan and Evergreen Valley personnel and supplies, then met Prince An to begin helping develop the Great Desert.
• Wang Zongan released a Longevity Tree from his Breath Soil Bracelet, and Senior Brother Jinshan realized that Zongan had obtained Evergreen Valley's missing Longevity Tree Spirit Seed.

Wang Zongan brought the Longevity Tree and agricultural supplies to support Prince An’s North Guard development, while Long Wuji learned the Wang Clan had sided with Prince An and struggled to honor his agreement with Wang Shouzhe. At Deep Tai Lake, Wang Shouzhe matured Pearl Grass and helped the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon become a dragon, only to discover she was an underage girl.

• Wang Zongan introduced Wang Yingliu, supplied Spirit Stones, alfalfa seeds, and improved drought-resistant rice to Prince An, and reassured him that the Wang Clan would support his development plan.
• Long Wuji received Prince Yong'an’s letter reporting the Wang Clan’s support for Prince An, then wrestled with whether to confront Wang Shouzhe before their fifty-year agreement expired.
• Wang Shouzhe moved the spirit clam and its Pearl Grass to Deep Tai Lake, where his catalysis helped the Pearl Grass mature and produce three Spirit Seeds.
• Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Fire Fox gave the Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon mature Pearl Grass and a Spirit Contract to help her break through.
• The Primordial Water Azure Flood Dragon survived the Dragon Transformation Tribulation and became a Primordial Water Azure Dragon, then spoke in a young girl’s voice and revealed she was female and underage.

After transforming into a Primordial Water Azure Dragon, the newly powerful dragon was subdued by Wang Shouzhe, adopted as his daughter Wang Lilong, and enrolled in the Wang Clan’s Clan School. The chapter ended as Wang Lilong mistook the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle for breakfast on her first morning heading to school with Wang Anye.

• Primordial Water Azure Dragon celebrated her transformation, then argued with Ancestor Fire Fox over their status in the Wang Clan.
• Wang Shouzhe frightened the little dragon by revealing that the Nine Nether Blood-Devouring Demon Seed spirit core in her stomach could be made to sprout, and she tearfully agreed to behave.
• The little dragon accepted Wang Shouzhe as her father and was named Wang Lilong, while Ancestor Fire Fox chose the name Yuwen Chiwei.
• Liu Ruolan adopted Wang Lilong as her daughter and sent her to the Wang Clan’s Clan School after discovering she was illiterate.
• Wang Shouzhe arranged for Wang Anye to accompany Wang Lilong to school and warned her not to fight or reveal her true form.
• At the dock, Wang Lilong mistook the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle for a lavish breakfast, terrifying the turtle.

Wang Lilong began attending the Clan School and caused chaos while Wang Anye tried to keep her in line. Beyond the school, the Wang Clan expanded its Outer Domain holdings and Prince An’s North Guard project prospered; Wang Zongan received word from the Hall of Immortals that the second step could begin, and prepared to make his move.

• Wang Anye stopped Wang Lilong from eating the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle and used Passing Years and the threat of the Belly-Bursting Curse to make her behave.
• Wang Lilong wreaked havoc at the Clan School by disrupting lessons, stealing students’ meals and money, and robbing the school shop, while Wang Anye followed behind to manage the trouble.
• The Wang Clan planned to develop a vast territory around Xin'an Town with its Marriage Alliance, while Wang Luoqiu and Wang Luojing led an expedition to open the Outer Domain Divine Martial Route.
• Prince An’s North Guard prospered with the Wang Clan’s support, but Gongye Qingrui grew furious that Prince An and her son Jun’er spent their time working with Wang Zongan instead of returning home.
• A Hall of Immortals maid told Wang Zongan that his father had authorized the second step, and Wang Zongan resolved to prove himself to his parents.

Wang Zongan visited the Shangguan Clan alongside Prince An and revealed that the Changning Wang Clan was supporting Prince An’s bid for the imperial succession. Rather than asking the Shangguan Clan to choose sides, Zongan argued that financial support could help them cultivate Shangguan Yunque and their clan’s future, then revealed that he was a Great Heavenly Prodigy himself.

• Shangguan Yunque left his martial training after a retainer reported the arrival of Prince An and Wang Zongan.
• Shangguan Zhenhai, Shangguan Yunque, and Shangguan Bilian received Prince An and Wang Zongan at the Immortal Guest Waterside Pavilion.
• Wang Zongan confirmed that the Changning Wang Clan supported Prince An and that Wang Liyao’s reputation-building had also promoted their cause.
• Shangguan Yunque declared the Shangguan Clan neutral, but Prince An clarified that he had not come to solicit their allegiance.
• Wang Zongan described the enormous cost of cultivating a Great Heavenly Prodigy, then revealed his own Celestial Realm Third Layer cultivation at age sixty-five.

Wang Zongan persuaded Shangguan Zhenhai and the Shangguan Clan to consider investing in Prince An’s North Guard development and the reclamation of the Dara Great Desert, while Long Wuji grew furious over Wang Shouzhe’s support for Prince An. The chapter ended with Long Wuji ordering the Flood Dragon Gang to gather near Changning Guard and attack Ping'an Town when the fifty-year pact expired.

• Shangguan Zhenhai and the Shangguan Clan were stunned to learn that Wang Zongan was a Great Heavenly Prodigy and that the Wang Clan had gained the Longevity Tree Spirit Seed.
• Wang Zongan presented plans for North Guard’s farms, livestock, and wineries, then offered the Shangguan Clan three percent of the Dara Reclamation Joint Office’s shares in exchange for long-term funding and manpower.
• Wang Zongan and Prince An visited other princely estates to seek investment, but Prince Dexin’s and Prince Yong'an’s estates politely turned them away.
• A month later, Long Wuji received letters about Wang Shouzhe’s support for Prince An and accused him of betraying their friendship.
• Long Wuji ordered the Flood Dragon Gang to move near Changning Guard and attack Ping'an Town once the fifty-year pact expired.

In North Guard, Wu Shengjun and Wang Clan officials oversaw the settlers’ improving lives while Wu Mingyuan and Wang Zongan raised major investments in Guilong City for reclaiming the Dara Great Desert. As Long Wuji’s Flood Dragon Gang fleet approached Dingpu Ferry for its long-promised meeting with Wang Shouzhe, the two sides stood on the brink of battle.

• Old Li and his son worked fields in Little Deer Village, where Wang Clan seeds and alfalfa had helped settlers and livestock thrive.
• Wu Shengjun visited Little Deer Village with Wang Shicheng and Wang Yingdie to check on the people and inspect alfalfa growth.
• Wu Mingyuan and Wang Zongan presented the Dara reclamation investment plan, selling the available shares to aristocratic clans and securing Emperor Longchang’s agreement to take ten percent dry shares.
• Emperor Longchang welcomed Wu Mingyuan and Wang Zongan, praised their work, and bestowed gifts before realizing the ten percent shares might require him to invest.
• Long Wuji refused Wang Shizhao’s invitation to visit the Wang Clan before their fifty-year appointment, while Wang Shouzhe resolved to persuade him to become an ally.
• On the appointed day, Long Wuji led the Flood Dragon Gang fleet through Dragon-Severing Gorge toward Dingpu Ferry as the Wang Clan prepared its Divine Might Cannons for battle.