Recaps

Wang Shouzhe visited Xingsheng Farm and discovered that Wang Lici’s idea of studying diligently involved listening to a clan text while dozing over a chicken leg. The chapter ended with Wang Xiaohan successfully advancing to the Spirit Platform Realm, giving the Wang Clan a new ancestor and strengthening its prospects against the Liu-Zhao Clans.

• Wang Shouzhe found Wang Lici presiding over the farm, where Wang Juan read the Sayings of the Clan Leader while Lici fell asleep with a chicken leg in her mouth.
• Wang Shouzhe praised Wang Juan, then watched Wang Lici scold Huahua and add to the little tiger’s enormous debt.
• Wang Lici woke to find Wang Shouzhe, hurried to welcome him, and served him roasted Spirit Rats, though she ate most of them herself.
• Wang Xiaohan completed his breakthrough in the hidden shelter and emerged as a Spirit Platform Realm cultivator.
• Wang Shouzhe, Wang Lici, and Ancestor Longyan congratulated Wang Xiaohan, and Wang Shouzhe anticipated the Wang Clan’s growth and the Liu-Zhao Clans’ downfall.

Wang Lici’s reckless appetite led her to eat half a Vermilion Fruit, which helped her break through to the Third Layer of the Qi Refining Realm and revealed the location of a hidden Fire Spirit Vein. Wang Shouzhe, Wang Xiaohan, and Ancestor Longyan found the treasure land and discovered it appeared to be ownerless.

• Wang Xiaohan thanked Wang Shouzhe for obtaining the Heaven Spirit Pill that helped him advance to the Spirit Platform Realm, and promised to serve as the Wang Clan’s sword.
• Ancestor Longyan examined Wang Lici and found unusually vigorous vitality and fire-element spiritual power in her body.
• Wang Lici admitted that she and Little Tiger Huahua had found a red fruit tree in the mountains and that she had eaten half its fruit; Wang Xiaohan identified it as a Vermilion Fruit.
• Ancestor Longyan helped Wang Lici disperse the fruit’s fire energy, and Wang Lici broke through to the Third Layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
• Wang Shouzhe and Wang Xiaohan led a search of the surrounding mountains with Wang Lici and Ancestor Longyan, finding a concealed entrance on the fifth day.
• The group found a Mid-Grade Fire Spirit Vein and a Vermilion Fruit Spirit Tree inside the cave, and Ancestor Longyan determined that the tiger bones in its lava pool belonged to a beast that had died, leaving the treasure land ownerless.

Wang Shouzhe’s group confirmed the Fire Spirit Vein’s value and discussed developing it with a Spirit Gathering Array and fire-aspected crops, then returned toward the main residence. On the way, they stopped at Zhuwei Manor’s construction site, where Ouyang Junyan promoted its presale homes and fields under Wang Luoqiu’s name as the young miss arrived to inspect the work.

• Ancestor Longyan concluded that Huahua’s mother had died from battle wounds after giving birth, and Wang Lici promised to care for Huahua while reducing the tiger’s supposed debt.
• Ancestor Longyan valued a mature Vermilion Fruit at twelve to fifteen thousand Qian Gold, and Wang Lici gave Wang Shouzhe the fruit pit she had saved.
• Wang Xiaohan recommended building a Spirit Gathering Array and choosing a single fire-aspected cash crop, while Wang Shouzhe considered how to hire a Formation Master without revealing the vein.
• Wang Shouzhe’s group sealed the Fire Spirit Vein and left Xingsheng Farm; Wang Xiaohan returned to the main residence to consolidate his breakthrough and receive Ancestor Longyan’s guidance.
• At Zhuwei Manor’s construction site, Ouyang Junyan defended his new name and sales role by invoking Wang Luoqiu, then described the requirements for buying into the development.
• The workers rushed to prepare as Wang Luoqiu arrived to inspect the construction site, leaving Wang Shouzhe astonished at her influence.

Wang Shouzhe watched Wang Luoqiu oversee Zhuwei Manor’s construction and saw wealthy households pay high prices for homes and farmland in exchange for safety and status. When a powerful turtle Fierce Beast attacked the lake workers, Wang Xiaohan drove it off, but it escaped underwater and threatened the project’s future.

• Wang Luoqiu inspected the construction site and encouraged Ouyang Junyan, who then promoted Zhuwei Manor to wealthy households.
• Ouyang Junyan sold homes with farmland for up to 888 Qian Gold, requiring buyers to contribute workers or pay a household tax to qualify.
• Wang Shouzhe explained to Wang Xiaohan and Wang Lici that buyers valued Zhuwei Manor’s prestige and protection, and that owners would cover guard costs through property management fees.
• Wang Shounuo told Wang Shouzhe that a turtle Fierce Beast had been ramming dredging boats and frightening the workers.
• The turtle charged Wang Shouzhe’s boat, but Wang Xiaohan shattered its shield and knocked it into the water.
• The peak Tier Two turtle escaped underwater, leaving Wang Shouzhe concerned that the dredging and land-filling project could not continue until it was dealt with.

Wang Lici helped Wang Shouzhe and the two ancestors track down a cunning Fierce Beast turtle in Zhuwei Lake, first sensing its hiding places and then luring it ashore with grilled Spirit Fish. The turtle was trapped when Ancestor Longyan froze the shallows, and Wang Xiaohan dragged it away from the water.

• Wang Xiaohan and Ancestor Longyan struggled to locate the turtle until Wang Lici sensed it hiding beneath the lake’s surface.
• Wang Lici pointed out the turtle’s hiding places, but it repeatedly escaped into the water and mud.
• Wang Lici proposed luring the turtle ashore with food and organized an ambush using grilled East Sea Arrow Flagfish.
• The turtle came ashore and devoured the fish, then realized it was trapped and sprinted toward the lake with a piece in its mouth.
• Ancestor Longyan froze the shallows, causing the turtle to crash into the ice, and Wang Xiaohan pulled it away from the water.

Wang Shouzhe and the others made a captured Water-Origin Spirit Turtle into a Wang Clan Spirit Beast after Wang Lici frightened it into accepting the arrangement. As the family celebrated its growing strength, Wang Shouzhe began preparing for the Autumn-Winter Hunt, which he saw as a chance to reverse the clan’s fortunes.

• Ancestor Longyan identified the captured beast as a Water-Origin Spirit Turtle, and Wang Shouzhe offered it a yearly supply of Spirit Fish if it joined the Wang Clan.
• Wang Lici threatened to butcher the turtle, which agreed to become the clan’s Spirit Beast in exchange for grilled fish.
• Ancestor Longyan revealed that Wang Lici had awakened her bloodline twice and warned Wang Shouzhe and Wang Xiaohan not to underestimate the powerful clans and prodigies beyond their home.
• Wang Shouzhe affirmed that the Wang Clan would grow through steady accumulation, and the family shared grilled Spirit-Horn Yak meat.
• Wang Shouzhe proposed using the upcoming Autumn-Winter Hunt to replenish the family’s Spirit Food reserves, and Wang Xiaohan prepared to join the hunt after consolidating his new realm.
• Wang Shouzhe privately regarded the Autumn-Winter Hunt as a turning point in the Wang Clan’s recovery.

The Liu Clan’s plan to counter the Wang Clan collapsed when Liu Shenghao discovered that the Heaven Spirit Pill had been replaced and Liu Yongzhou had disappeared. Meanwhile, Wang Shouzhe entered Changning Guard with Wang Lici and Ancestor Longyan, where Deputy Shopkeeper Qian invited them to a meal with no spending limit.

• Liu Shenghao emerged from seclusion and prepared to use the Heaven Spirit Pill to break through to the Spirit Platform Realm, but found that it and the supporting pills had been replaced with flour balls.
• Liu Shengye learned that Liu Yongzhou had vanished after meeting Zhong Luoxian, and a guard reported that no one by that name belonged to the Zhong Clan.
• Liu Shengye and the Liu Clan elders realized Zhong Luoxian was likely an impostor, and Liu Shengye vomited blood as their hopes of recovering the pills collapsed.
• Wang Shouzhe traveled into Changning Guard with Wang Lici and Ancestor Longyan, who disguised themselves and remained wary of the Liu-Zhao Clans.
• Wang Shouzhe and his companions met Deputy Shopkeeper Qian Xue'an at Baiwei Restaurant, where Qian gave Wang Lici and Ancestor Longyan money and promised to pay for anything they wanted to eat.

Wang Shouzhe celebrated Qian Xue'an’s promotion over an extravagant meal and helped him devise a strategy for overcoming the clans resisting Pest-Exterminating Powder. The evening ended with Wang Lici eating more than three hundred Qian Gold’s worth of food, while Qian Xue'an discovered Wang Shouzhe had also given him five Spirit Stones as a congratulatory gift.

• Qian Xue'an treated Wang Shouzhe, Wang Lici, and Ancestor Longyan to Spirit Food at Baiwei Restaurant and toasted the Ping'an Wang Clan’s victory.
• Qian Xue'an explained that the Huangfu Clan and Lei Clan were demanding compensation over Pest-Exterminating Powder, and Wang Shouzhe advised him to court most clans while using sales data to show the powder’s importance.
• Wang Shouzhe claimed the Ping'an Wang Clan had three hundred thousand mu of fertile land and agreed to buy discounted Pest-Exterminating Powder, astonishing Wang Lici with the clan’s supposed wealth.
• Qian Xue'an agreed to help Wang Shouzhe obtain ordinary Red Crystal Spirit Rice or Flame Lotus seeds and find a Formation Master for the clan’s small, mid-grade fire-element Spirit Vein.
• Wang Lici repeatedly emptied the table as Qian Xue'an ordered more dishes, and the meal ultimately cost him more than three hundred and thirty Qian Gold.
• After Qian Xue'an found five Spirit Stones in Wang Shouzhe’s congratulatory gift, he was moved by his friend’s generosity.

Wang Shouzhe prepared to rid the Wang Clan’s fishing grounds of a troublesome Third-Order Crocodile Dragon by advancing the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle to the Third Order and binding it to the family. The ambush began on the An River, where the turtle seized the Crocodile Dragon as Ancestor Longyan plunged into the fight.

• Wang Shouzhe left Changning Guard with thirteen Spirit Stones after Wang Lici profited from the Gambling Stone markets.
• Wang Dinghai told Wang Shouzhe that the Wang Clan’s fishing business had expanded, but a vindictive Third-Order Crocodile Dragon had begun destroying its nets.
• Wang Shouzhe decided to eradicate the Crocodile Dragon and used the last Heaven Spirit Pill to advance the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle to the Third Order.
• Wang Shouzhe bound the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle with a fabricated Blood Sacrifice Contract and ordered it to hide beneath the fishing boat.
• Wang Lici sensed the Crocodile Dragon, and Wang Xiaohan, Wang Dinghai, and Wang Shouzhe struck it with spears after the fishing hands entangled it in nets.
• The Water-Origin Spirit Turtle bit and dragged the Crocodile Dragon toward the surface as Ancestor Longyan plunged into the river with the Longyan Sword.

The Wang Clan killed a Third Rank Crocodile Dragon and kept its new strength secret while Wang Shouzhe tried to build trust with the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle. Wang Lici then recalled finding a cave’s milky, sticky liquid, which Wang Shouzhe suspected was Stone Marrow that could help improve his aptitude.

• Ancestor Longyan, Wang Xiaohan, and the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle killed the Third Rank Crocodile Dragon, and the Wang Clan processed its remains.
• Wang Shouzhe told Wang Dinghai to keep the clan’s strength secret and send the boatmen and fishermen to East Port temporarily.
• Wang Shouzhe spent time cultivating and building trust with the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle.
• Zhong Xingwang brought Wang Shouzhe a Spirit Awakening Pill and stayed at the Wang residence after learning Ancestor Longyan was unavailable.
• Wang Lici recalled that she had collected sticky, transparent liquid from a cave, and Wang Shouzhe realized it might have been Stone Marrow.

Wang Shouzhe found Stone Marrow in a cave with Wang Lici and the two Ancestors, then used a drop to break through his bloodline. He discovered that he had awakened a wood-element talent that restored plants and healed wounds, leaving him to realize he had become the healer.

• Wang Shouzhe took Wang Lici, Ancestor Longyan, and Ancestor Xiaohan into the back mountain to search for Stone Marrow.
• After two days, Wang Lici led them to a cave behind a waterfall, where Ancestor Longyan collected a drop of Stone Marrow.
• Wang Lici revealed that she had previously taken and shared the cave’s accumulated Stone Marrow with Luoqiu and Luojing.
• Wang Shouzhe failed to improve his bloodline with a Spirit Awakening Pill, then swallowed the Stone Marrow and experienced a marrow-cleansing breakthrough.
• Wang Shouzhe tested his new bloodline, ruled out several elements, and discovered that he could revive a withered pine cypress with his wood-element talent.
• Wang Shouzhe healed a cut on his arm with his talent and realized that he had become the healer.

Wang Shouzhe discovered that his newly awakened bloodline talent could heal wounds and rapidly accelerate plant growth, though Ancestor Longyan could not identify its exact nature. As the Wang Clan prepared for the Autumn-Winter Hunt, Wang Shouzhe arranged for allied ancestors to intercept any outside helpers hired by the Liu-Zhao Clans.

• Wang Shouzhe considered how his wood-element talent could strengthen the clan through healing and improved crops.
• Liu Zhide and Zhao Bojun asked a distinguished middle-aged man to help them kill Wang Shouzhe and stop the Wang Clan’s rise, and he offered to connect them with a mercenary Spirit Platform cultivator for ten thousand Qian Gold.
• Wang Shouzhe demonstrated his healing and plant-growing abilities to Ancestor Longyan, who judged his talent unusually powerful but could not identify it precisely.
• Ancestor Longyan told Wang Shouzhe to let Zhong Xingwang stay but warned him not to spend too much on feeding the guest.
• Wang Shouzhe persuaded Chen Fangjie to arrange for Ancestor Ruhong to restrain any outside help at the Autumn-Winter Hunt, and he revealed that he was also making arrangements with other allied clans.

Wang Shouzhe studied his healing bloodline, treated Ancestor Longyan, and helped the Wang Clan strengthen its position as the Liu-Zhao Clans declined. As the annual Autumn-Winter Hunt began, he led the Wang Clan through Zhouxuan Pass and into the Outer Domain to reclaim its former standing.

• Wang Shouzhe tested his healing ability on animals and discovered that it could rapidly mend external wounds and gradually heal internal injuries.
• Wang Shouzhe treated Ancestor Longyan, dissolving the last traces of Yin Sha Qi and helping her organs recover; she warned him to conceal his talent as the Yi Wood Bloodline.
• Ancestor Longyan had Wang Shouzhe summon Zhong Xingwang to dispose of seventeen unused Creation Pills, and Zhong Xingwang eagerly accepted the errand.
• The autumn harvest exposed the Liu-Zhao Clans' worsening plight, and Lei Yangqiu transferred villages from their jurisdiction to the Wang Clan after their residents petitioned for the change.
• Wang Shouzhe led the Wang Clan through Zhouxuan Pass and into the Outer Domain to begin the Autumn-Winter Hunt and restore the clan's reputation.

Wang Shouzhe led the Wang Clan convoy through the Outer Domain, where the family established camps and advanced toward the hunting grounds. After three days, Wang Shouzhe waited with several powerful allies for the Liu-Zhao Clans, and Liu Shengye arrived to challenge him.

• Wang Shouzhe organized the convoy’s guards, supplies, and precautions as the family entered the Outer Domain.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered the convoy to hurry to Earth Slope Outpost, where the clan members set up camp and kept watch through the night.
• Wang Shouzhe led the convoy onward for three days until they reached an area where fierce wild beasts appeared.
• Wang Shouzhe waited in a tent with Ancestor Mingsheng, Gongsun Mang, Ancestor Ruhong, and Zhong Xingwang, confident that the Liu-Zhao Clans would attack.
• Ancestor Ruhong detected the attackers, and Liu Shengye called for Wang Shouzhe to come out and claim his death.
• Wang Shouzhe left the tent to face Liu Shengye while the ancestors prepared to handle outside reinforcements.

Wang Shouzhe and the Wang Clan faced the Liu-Zhao Clans’ attack, but Chen Ruhong arrived to keep the demonic cultivator from fighting Ancestor Longyan. The Liu-Zhao ancestors then launched their assault on Longyan, and the clan battle began.

• Chen Fangjie revealed himself and joined Wang Shouzhe as the Wang Clan prepared to meet the Liu-Zhao Clans.
• Wang Shouzhe traded insults with Liu Shengye and Liu Zhide after Ancestor Longyan’s sword strike nearly hit Liu Shengye.
• Liu Zhide hired a gray-robed demonic cultivator to restrain Ancestor Longyan, but Chen Ruhong appeared and claimed that task for himself.
• Liu Zhide tried to lure Chen Ruhong away with a marriage offer, and Chen Fangjie loudly reaffirmed his loyalty to Luoyi.
• Zhao Bojun ordered the Liu-Zhao forces to kill the Wang Clan, then charged at Ancestor Longyan alongside Liu Zhide.

The Liu-Zhao Clans attacked the Wang Clan, but Zhong Xingwang arrived to help Ancestor Longyan while Wang Shouzhe revealed Ancestor Xiaohan as another hidden reinforcement. As Liu Zhide and Zhao Bojun swallowed powerful pills and launched a desperate counterattack, the battle for the clans’ survival began in earnest.

• Liu Zhide and Zhao Bojun joined forces against Ancestor Longyan while the Liu-Zhao Clans prepared to attack the Wang Clan’s younger generation.
• Zhong Xingwang flew in, struck Zhao Bojun back, and declared that he had allied with the Wang Clan; Ancestor Longyan then sent him to fight Liang Haofeng.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered Ancestor Longyan to hold off Liu Zhide and Zhao Bojun and sent Sixth Grandfather, Ancestor Xiaohan, to attack Liu Shenghao and Zhao Daoyuan.
• Liu Zhide and Zhao Bojun swallowed pills that greatly increased their power, then assigned their fighters to kill Ancestor Xiaohan, Wang Shouzhe, and the Wang Clan’s younger generation.

Wang Shouzhe’s careful battle plans helped Wang Longyan and Wang Xiaohan withstand the Liu and Zhao Clans’ empowered ancestors, and he brought out the Zhouxuan Sword to turn the fight against Zhao Bojun. As the enemy charged the Wang Clan’s front line, a hidden Third-Order Spirit Beast burst from a carriage and seized Liu Shenghao, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Wang Longyan followed Wang Shouzhe’s instructions and used the defensive form of the Profound Ice Sword Technique to trap Liu Zhide and avoid his full-force attacks.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered Wang Xiaohan to retreat from Liu Shenghao and Zhao Daoyuan, then threw him the Zhouxuan Sword, forcing Zhao Bojun to evade its powerful strikes.
• Liu Shengye rallied the Liu and Zhao forces to charge Wang Shouzhe, while Wang Shouxin, Wang Shouyi, Wang Shounuo, and the younger Wang Clan members prepared to defend him.
• A giant turtle-like Third-Order Fierce Beast burst from the carriage and clamped Liu Shenghao in its jaws, shocking both clans.

The Wang Clan turned the battle against the Liu-Zhao Clans with the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle and began crushing their scattered forces. As Ancestor Mang and Ancestor Mingsheng joined the fight, Wang Shouzhe revealed that Luoxian was his ally, leaving the Liu-Zhao leaders devastated.

• The Water-Origin Spirit Turtle stopped the Liu-Zhao charge, killed Liu Shenghao, and sent Zhao Daoyuan flying.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered the Wang Clan members and retainers to pursue the enemy, while Wang Luoqiu, Wang Luojing, and Wang Lici fought their own opponents.
• The Water-Origin Spirit Turtle scattered the Liu-Zhao forces as Wang Shouzhe directed Ancestor Longyan and his Sixth Grandfather to keep Liu Zhide and Zhao Bojun occupied.
• Wang Shouzhe called Ancestor Mang and Ancestor Mingsheng onto the battlefield, extinguishing the Liu-Zhao remnants’ last hope.
• Wang Shouzhe told Liu Zhide and Zhao Bojun that Luoxian was his person, and both leaders spat blood in despair.

The Wang Clan and its allies overwhelmed the Liu-Zhao Clans and turned on the demonic cultivator who had conspired against them. As the battle ended, Wang Xiaohan killed Zhao Bojun and Wang Luojing captured and punished Liu Shengye.

• Liu Zhide accused the Zhong and Wang Clans of colluding against the Liu-Zhao Clans as the battle turned against his side.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered Ancestor Ruhong, Gongsun Mang, and Lu Mingsheng to surround and kill the demonic cultivator surnamed Li, and the three ancestors attacked him with their Spirit Artifacts and battle skills.
• Zhao Bojun lost control after Zhao Daoyuan was crushed by the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle, allowing Ancestor Xiaohan to kill him with the Zhouxuan Sword.
• The Wang Clan’s fighters routed the remaining Liu-Zhao forces, while Wang Luojing’s poisoned Spirit Bees blinded Liu Shengye.
• Wang Luojing cut Liu Shengye’s hamstrings and wrist tendons, then told Wang Shouzhe she would further torment him for cursing her Fourth Brother.

Wang Shouzhe’s allies defeated the Liu-Zhao Clan’s forces, avenging Wang Longyan’s family and capturing Liang Haofeng. After settling the surviving enemy and counting the spoils, Wang Shouzhe prepared to divide the substantial gains among those who helped.

• Wang Shouzhe praised Wang Luojing, arranged to train her, and ordered Wang Lici to attend daily martial arts practice.
• Wang Xiaohan joined Wang Longyan, and they killed Liu Zhide, ending Wang Longyan’s fifty-year wait for vengeance.
• Wang Longyan’s descendants comforted her as the Wang Clan killed the remaining Liu-Zhao conspirators and four ancestors defeated the demonic cultivator.
• Wang Shouzhe stopped Zhong Xingwang from killing Liang Haofeng and accepted his ransom, letters of self-condemnation, and promise not to seek revenge or reveal the battle.
• Wang Shouzhe collected the Qian Gold recovered from the Liu-Zhao Clan and the demonic cultivator, then asked Zhong Xingwang to appraise the Demon Blade and other spoils.

After the Wang Clan defeated its enemies, Wang Shouzhe divided the spoils, forced Liang Haofeng to pay a crushing ransom, and proposed closer cooperation among allied clans. The Wang Clan continued its Autumn-Winter Hunt, while Liu Ruolei and others waited anxiously at Zhouxuan Pass, where the returning Liu-Zhao convoy appeared to display a huge python head.

• Wang Shouzhe distributed the demon cultivator’s spoils among the allied Ancestors and Zhong Xingwang, insisting that each accept a fair share.
• Wang Shouzhe compelled Liang Haofeng to surrender clan properties and pay forty thousand Qian Gold to spare his life and protect the Liang Clan.
• Wang Shouzhe proposed deeper cooperation among the allied clans, and the Ancestors agreed to discuss the idea after the hunt.
• The Wang Clan spent a day clearing the battlefield, then resumed its Autumn-Winter Hunt as more than half a month passed.
• Liu Ruolei and Liu Yuanrui waited at Zhouxuan Pass with young members of the Liu and Zhao Clans, worrying about the returning elders.
• A large convoy approached Zhouxuan Pass carrying a giant Mountain-Swallowing Python head, and Liu Yonghao claimed the Liu Clan had hunted it.

The Wang Clan returned to Zhouxuan Pass with a huge convoy of captured beasts and supplies, while Liu Yonghao mistakenly claimed it belonged to the Liu-Zhao Clans. The convoy revealed its true identity and impressive haul, leaving the Wang Clan celebrated and Liu Yonghao disgraced.

• Liu Yonghao convinced the crowd that the approaching convoy belonged to the Liu-Zhao Clans because its carriages bore Liu Clan features, and merchants bribed him for introductions to his father.
• Gongsun Hui, Wang Luoyi, and Wang Luomiao arrived as snowfall grew heavier, and the crowd waited anxiously for the convoy.
• Wang Dingzu identified himself and announced that the convoy belonged to the Ping'an Wang Clan, then denied that the Liu-Zhao Clans had joined them.
• Wang Shouzhe rode forward and led the convoy into the pass, while Liu Yonghao insisted the Wang Clan had stolen Liu Clan carriages and prey.
• Merchants demanded their bribes back from Liu Yonghao and showered gifts on the Wang Clan women, though Gongsun Hui made Wang Luomiao return hers.
• The crowd saw the Wang Clan's White-Browed Golden Tiger, Iron-Back Savage Pigs, piglets, and living Water-Origin Spirit Turtle, while Liu Yonghao was left stripped of everything.

The Wang Clan returned to Ping'an Town in triumph, displayed its strength, and held a Qingyu Banquet that won the crowd’s admiration. Wang Shouzhe then negotiated the Liu-Zhao Clans’ exile and forced labor, leaving the Wang Clan dominant in Ping'an Town and recording its new prestige as “One Hand Covers the Sky.”

• The Wang Clan entered Wengcheng with its captured beasts, and Wang Shouzhe reunited with Wang Luomiao before leading the procession home.
• Wang Shouzhe ordered the Wang Clan to hold a lavish Qingyu Banquet, distributing porridge and meat to commoners and selling Green-Hoofed Savage Bull meat cheaply to unranked families.
• Wang Shouzhe thanked Ancestor Zhisheng for guarding the Wang Clan Main Residence, then rested after the conflict with the Liu-Zhao Clans.
• Lei Yangqiu brought two elders of the Liu-Zhao Clans to negotiate their survivors’ fate with Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Shouzhe agreed to let the Liu and Zhao Clans relocate to Lingbei Prefecture and Monan Prefecture, respectively, while requiring their able-bodied men to perform five years of hard labor for the Wang Clan.
• Wang Shouzhe had the Liu-Zhao Clans’ Ninth-Rank Aristocratic Clan seals taken and recorded the Wang Clan’s prestige as “One Hand Covers the Sky.”

Wang Shouzhe reviewed the Wang Clan’s new rice variety and prepared to return for his wedding to Liu Ruolan, whom he had never met. The wedding procession reached Shanyin, where onlookers marveled at Wang Shouzhe’s lavish attire and Fire-Treading White Cloud.

• Wang Shouzhe and Wang Xiaozhi inspected Fenggu Farm’s promising harvest of Wang Clan Rice Seed No. 9, and Wang Shouzhe agreed to test it for another season before expanding its use.
• Wang Shouzhe left the fields to return to the Wang Clan Main Residence as his wedding preparations neared completion.
• Shanyin residents gathered to watch Liu Ruolan’s wedding procession and debated whether Wang Shouzhe and his remote town were worthy of her.
• Wang Shouzhe arrived in elaborate clan-leader wedding attire, impressing the crowd with his appearance and costly Spirit Silk robe.
• The onlookers recognized Wang Shouzhe’s steed as the Spirit Beast Fire-Treading White Cloud.

Wang Shouzhe’s wedding procession arrived in Shanyin, where he won over the townsfolk with generous gifts before the Liu Clan escorted him toward their residence. His maternal uncles Gongsun Qiang and Lu Zhengjie competed to make the procession more spectacular, and the chapter ended as Gongsun Qiang announced the Gongsun Clan’s grand finale.

• Wang Shouzhe arrived in Shanyin on Fire-Treading White Cloud with his relatives, and Wang Shounuo and Chen Fangjie traded barbs as they rode.
• Wang Shouzhe scattered Jiao coins and malt candy for the townsfolk, then gave extra candy to a crying little girl whose blessings delighted him.
• Liu Gaoyun welcomed Wang Shouzhe, and the Liu Clan led the wedding procession toward its main residence.
• Lu Zhengjie and Gongsun Qiang competed to enliven the procession, with Gongsun Qiang’s acrobats drawing a crowd and Lu Zhengjie using the Li-Fire Fan to conjure Fire Phoenix and Fire Huang phantoms.
• After Lu Zhengjie boasted that the Lu Clan cared more for Wang Shouzhe, Gongsun Qiang announced that the Gongsun Clan had prepared a grand finale.