Vol. 5The Wang Clan’s Ascent

Wang Shouzhe exposed conspiracies, expanded the Wang Clan’s power, and secured the Crimson Dawn Temple’s inheritance while Great Qian prepared for war. Thirty years later, the Blood Child Devil Master raided the ruins’ treasury as Wang Fugui and Yun Mengyu began establishing themselves.

  • Wang Shouzhe used the tax investigation to expose the Zhao Clan’s smuggling and bring down Prince Kang, then refused the Imperial Son position and accepted Safety.
  • Wang Anye chose Seventh Sister from the Divine Armament Hall, while Wang Longyan and the clan’s allies defeated Prince Kang’s attackers.
  • Wang Shouzhe helped bring the Holy Gu Tribe into Great Qian, reached the Purple Mansion Realm, and raised the Wang Clan to fifth rank through Wang Anye’s marriages.
  • Wang Ningxi pursued inventions after his breakthrough failed, while Wang Lici helped Master Yunyang prepare to challenge True Person Langya.
  • Wang Anye negotiated with the dragons of Dragon Marsh and learned that Blood Venerable’s Ruins lay beneath their territory, while the Wang family investigated the True Demon Hall’s threats and Wang Ningxi’s cure.
  • Wang Liyao, Wang Yingxuan, and Wang Lici entered the War of the Holy Sons trials as candidates for Peerless Prodigy.
  • Wang Shouzhe secured the Crimson Dawn Temple’s inheritance, helped Wang Ningxi develop Buddha’s Wrath Lotus, and prepared Great Qian for war.
  • Thirty years later, the Blood Child Devil Master used the Dragon Whale King diversion to raid the ruins’ treasury, while Wang Fugui and Yun Mengyu earned five auxiliary profession certificates each.
Chapters 402–502 Read from Ch. 402

Arc 17The Tax-Reform Gambit

Wang Shouzhe turned accusations of smuggling into a campaign that exposed the Zhao Clan’s operation and helped trigger a sweeping tax investigation. The investigation ultimately brought down Prince Kang, while Wang Shouzhe refused the Imperial Son position and received the Divine Power Spirit Treasure Safety.

  • Emperor Longchang tested Wang Anye, then allowed him to choose a treasure from the Divine Armament Hall, where Anye took Seventh Sister, a damaged Dao Artifact legion banner.
  • Zhao Hongbo accused the Changning Wang Clan of tax evasion, but Wang Shouzhe used the investigation to expose the Zhao Clan’s smuggling operation and secure Zhao Hongbo’s confession.
  • Wang Longyan killed Zhao Kui after he tried to erase evidence, while Wang Shouzhe and Prince Deshun maneuvered to make the Zhao Clan answer publicly for its crimes.
  • Prince Kang sent Elder Xin and the U Brothers to seize Wang Clan members, but Liu Ruolan, Wang Longyan, Wang Liyao, and their allies killed the attackers and concealed the clan’s strength.
  • At the Grand Court Assembly, Wang Zhouhui and Ancestor Yinda pushed for a tax investigation of aristocratic and imperial estates, and Emperor Longchang appointed Meng Yuanbai to lead it.
  • Meng Yuanbai traced Prince Kang’s mysterious funds to Zhao Zhikun’s smuggling accounts, and Zhao Zhikun’s testimony implicated Prince Kang in smuggling and treason.
  • Emperor Longchang ordered Prince Kang’s arrest, and the Imperial Clan Office stripped him of his Quasi-Imperial Son status.
  • Wang Shouzhe refused Longchang’s offer to make him Imperial Son, then accepted Safety after it chose him as its master.
Chapters 402–42625 summaries Read

Arc 18The Wang Clan’s Rise

Wang Shouzhe outmaneuvered Prince Dexin, brought the Holy Gu Tribe into Great Qian, and advanced to the Purple Mansion Realm as the Wang Clan rose to fifth rank. Wang Anye married Wu Xuening and Wu Yiluo, while Wang Ningxi pursued inventions despite his damaged bloodlines and Wang Lici helped Master Yunyang prepare to challenge True Person Langya.

  • Wang Shouzhe captured Wabake after Prince Dexin’s Gu Master attacked his party, then spent decades developing the Wang Clan’s territory and reached the ninth level of the Celestial Realm.
  • Emperor Longchang visited the Wang Clan in disguise, stayed to teach Wang Lixian, and eventually ordered the Southern Frontier campaign to begin.
  • Wang Shouzhe and Imperial Prince An exposed Prince Dexin’s conspiracy at Wang Luojing’s succession ceremony, and Emperor Longchang arrested Dexin and Xiao Limo after their plot and ties to South Qin were revealed.
  • Wang Luojing became Saintess, the Holy Gu Tribe joined Great Qian as a semi-autonomous commandery, and Wang Shouzhe broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm with Wang Lixian shielding him from tribulation bolts.
  • Wang Anye married Wu Xuening and Wu Yiluo in a lavish wedding that marked the Wang Clan’s rise to fifth rank.
  • Wang Ningxi’s failed breakthrough sealed his bloodlines, but he designed a disc-blade plow that proved far more efficient than a chisel plow and traveled with Wang Shouzhe to the Holy Land.
  • Wang Lici helped Master Yunyang obtain a Divine Connection Sacred Pill, and he broke through to the Divine Ability Realm before vowing to challenge True Person Langya for the Saint Son position.
Chapters 427–45225 summaries Read

Arc 19Holy Sons and Dragon Marsh

As Lingyun Sacred Land began the War of the Holy Sons, Wang Shouzhe’s family uncovered threats tied to the True Demon Hall and pursued Wang Ningxi’s cure. Wang Anye negotiated an alliance with the dragons of Dragon Marsh and learned that Blood Venerable’s Ruins lay beneath their territory.

  • True Person Yunyang reunited with Wang Lici and Lan Wan'er, while Gongyang Ce and Jiang Xingyuan met the two women during their journey to East Qian.
  • Wang Shouzhe arrived at Lingyun Sacred Land, bought the Azure Emperor True Method inheritance, and learned that a blank high-grade Wedding Dress Blood Gu from Blood Venerable’s lair might cure Wang Ningxi.
  • Qi Hongzhao took Wang Longyan, disguised as Ruobing, as his disciple, while the True Demon Hall pressured the Yin Sha Sect and the rulers of Jin and Qin to help attack East Qian.
  • Jiang Zhencang announced the War of the Holy Sons, and Wang Liyao, Wang Yingxuan, Wang Lici, and Luwei emerged as Peerless Prodigy candidates before entering the simulated trials.
  • Wang Yingxuan built an army and conquered a bandit stronghold, while Wang Lici hunted Fierce Beasts to feed and strengthen her village.
  • Wang Longyan learned that the Yin Sha Sect was stockpiling materials for the True Demon Hall and suspected it planned to aid an invasion of Great Qian.
  • Wang Anye exposed Crimson Charm Demon Envoy’s disguise, then traveled with her and Wang Zongchang to Dragon Marsh to investigate Blood Venerable’s Ruins and settle the dispute with the dragons.
  • Wang Anxin negotiated a marsh-development agreement with Ao Juechen, and the old ancestor dragon approved it before revealing that Blood Venerable’s Ruins lay beneath Dragon Marsh.
Chapters 453–47725 summaries Read

Arc 20The Blood Venerable Ruins

The Wang Clan claimed the Crimson Dawn Temple’s inheritance, strengthened its people, and prepared Great Qian for war while the Blood Child Devil Master sought the ruins. Thirty years later, he took advantage of a diversion to raid the treasury, while Wang Fugui and Yun Mengyu began making names for themselves.

  • Wang Anye’s group entered the Blood Venerable Ruins, awakened the Blood Nest Warriors, and fought through them while the Crimson Charm Demon Envoy fled deeper into the temple.
  • Wang Shouzhe brought Wang Luojing to inherit the Holy Gu Codex, claimed the temple’s treasures for the Wang Clan, and helped Wang Lilong absorb the Azure Dragon Ancestor’s bloodline.
  • Wang Luojing extracted Wang Ningxi’s Yuanshui and Lihuo Bloodlines, and Wang Ningxi finally fused them into a new flame technique called Buddha’s Wrath Lotus.
  • Wang Lici won the War of the Holy Sons trial, but Wang Liyao became Lingyun Sacred Land’s inheriting Saint Daughter after the Heart Inquiry deductions.
  • Wang Shouzhe organized the Wang Clan’s militia and prepared defenses as Wang Shizhao’s forces devastated South Qin’s army and a flood struck West Jin’s forces.
  • Wang Shouzhe chose a prolonged defensive war and planned to mislead the Blood Child Devil Master with staged intelligence about the ruins.
  • Thirty years later, Wang Fugui passed five auxiliary profession examinations, while Yun Mengyu challenged him and earned five certificates of her own.
  • The Blood Child Devil Master exploited the Dragon Whale King diversion to reach the ruins, then sent Yin Serpent Demoness and Chi Mei to collect the treasury’s valuables while he distracted the Blood Nest Warriors.
Chapters 478–50225 summaries Read
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