Chapter Summaries

Wang Shouzhe entered Evergreen Valley to obtain the Spirit Platform Chapter of the Evergreen True Art and discovered that Senior Brother Jinshan was trying to reproduce Wang No. 7 Wheat Seed. After watching Jinshan’s experiment fail, Wang Shouzhe was left alone with a green-clad senior sister who wanted him to join her Life Factor experiment.

• Wang Shouxin escorted Wang Shouzhe to Evergreen Valley’s outskirts and reminded him not to reveal his family background at the Academy.
• Wang Shouzhe found the Instruction Hall, proved his Spirit Platform Realm cultivation to Senior Brother Jinshan, and memorized the Spirit Platform Chapter of the Evergreen True Art.
• Wang Shouzhe recognized Jinshan’s experimental wheat as his own Wang No. 7 Wheat Seed and explained that it could not undergo a second round of breeding.
• Jinshan exhausted himself trying to stimulate the wheat seeds, but none of them responded.
• The disciples hid when the green-clad woman arrived, and she offered Wang Shouzhe money to provide Life Factors for her experiment.
• Wang Shouzhe refused to participate and tried to leave, but the woman blocked his way with a stack of gold notes.

Wang Shouzhe avoided Luwei’s human-and-plant experiment by charming her with food and beauty products, then directed her toward Senior Brother Jinshan instead. Master Changchun stopped Luwei from pursuing the experiment, and Wang Shouzhe was left under the old farmer’s knowing scrutiny.

• Luwei insisted that Wang Shouzhe take part in her experiment to combine humans and plants, but he refused.
• Wang Shouzhe offered Luwei snacks, skincare products, and hair care, and she paid him thousands of Qian Gold for them.
• When Luwei still demanded an experimental subject, Wang Shouzhe praised Senior Brother Jinshan and revealed where he was hiding.
• Luwei captured Senior Brother Jinshan with a barbed Climbing Rose vine, but Master Changchun arrived and ordered her to stop.
• Master Changchun rebuked Luwei’s experiment and criticized Senior Brother Jinshan for neglecting his work, then told Wang Shouzhe he was quite capable.

Master Changchun offered Wang Shouzhe a place as his core disciple, but Wang Shouzhe declined and received cultivation advice and a chance to present the Wang Clan’s spirit rice seeds. After Wang Longyan’s name unsettled Master Changchun, the story shifted to Master Xuanyao preparing to lead his lineage on visits to rival groups, eager to show off its new Heavenly Prodigy.

• Master Changchun dismissed the others, apologized for Luwei’s behavior, and praised Wang Shouzhe’s talent and independent thinking about Wang No. 7 Wheat Seed.
• Master Changchun invited Wang Shouzhe to become his core disciple, but Wang Shouzhe declined because he had to lead his clan; Master Changchun then answered his cultivation questions.
• Wang Shouzhe gave Master Changchun Spirit Wine and seeds of White Jade Spirit Rice and Red Crystal Spirit Rice, explaining their qualities and agreeing that Master Changchun could study them.
• Master Changchun asked whether Wang Shouzhe knew Wang Longyan, then grew quiet when Wang Shouzhe said she was his great-grandaunt and dismissed him without explaining why.
• At Xiaoyao Peak, Master Xuanyao ended his disciples’ argument by announcing he would personally lead their visit to other lineages, starting with Evergreen Valley before going to Mystic Ice Hall.

Wang Shouzhe stayed at Evergreen Valley as Master Xuanyao brought his new disciples to visit Master Changchun and show off his exceptional student. The disciple was Wang Luoqiu, whose commanding presence and talent impressed the High Persons and left Wang Shouzhe proud of her.

• Master Xuanyao announced his arrival, and Master Changchun explained the Academy tradition of lineages bringing new disciples to visit and impress one another.
• Wang Shouzhe stayed to watch and chatted with Liu Yuqin and other Evergreen Valley disciples while they discussed skincare products.
• Master Xuanyao's Mountain-Opening Sword Light struck Evergreen Valley's protective array, after which he entered the valley with his core disciples and new students.
• Master Xuanyao praised his prized disciple and called Wang Luoqiu forward to greet Master Changchun and the gathered disciples.
• Wang Luoqiu impressed the crowd with her composure and bearing, while Wang Shouzhe recognized her as his younger sister and felt proud of her achievements.

Master Xuanyao and Master Changchun watched the new disciple gathering as Lady Huandie arrived with Ten Thousand Butterfly Valley’s recruits, including Wang Luojing, setting up a confrontation with Wang Luoqiu. Evergreen Valley’s hopes faded when its promising recruit Liu Yunlang showed his loyalty to Wang Luoqiu, until a sharp voice challenged Zhang Xiuping.

• Master Xuanyao praised Wang Luoqiu’s talent to Master Changchun, then invited him to watch the gathering over spirit tea.
• Lady Huandie arrived amid purple butterflies and immortal music, joined the High Persons, and brought Ten Thousand Butterfly Valley’s veiled female disciples.
• Wang Shouzhe recognized Wang Luojing among Lady Huandie’s recruits and realized the two sisters were already eyeing each other with rivalry.
• Li Yuze brought Evergreen Valley’s new disciples to Senior Brother Jinshan, but Liu Yunlang ran over to greet Wang Luoqiu as his Senior Sister.
• Senior Brother Xiuping challenged Evergreen Valley to spar, but an unidentified feminine voice sharply told Zhang Xiuping not to get cocky.

Junior Sister Luwei stopped Zhang Xiuping and Mu Yuanbai from fighting the Evergreen Valley disciples, but Wang Luoqiu chose to challenge Li Yuze instead. She shattered his defenses with a devastating attack and asked him to begin the spar in earnest.

• Junior Senior Sister Luwei appeared to defend Evergreen Valley, but Zhang Xiuping and Mu Yuanbai reminded her that personal disciples should not join the traditional matches, so she withdrew.
• Senior Brother Jinshan prepared to fight Zhang Xiuping and Mu Yuanbai, but they dismissed him and Li Yuze's juniors pulled him off the arena.
• Wang Luoqiu rejected the newly inducted disciples as too weak and chose Senior Brother Jinshan, then agreed to fight someone under thirty-five after Zhang Xiuping and Mu Yuanbai advised her to lower the age limit.
• Li Yuze volunteered to face Wang Luoqiu and used Ancient Tree Armor, a Wood Spirit Shield, and a Longevity Tree Leaf to strengthen his defenses.
• Wang Luoqiu struck Li Yuze repeatedly, shattered his shield and armor, and smashed him into a pit before asking him to begin the spar seriously.

Wang Luoqiu defeated Li Yuze after enduring his defenses and unleashing a devastating attack, while claiming her killing intent came from having killed many people and Fierce Beasts. Wang Luojing then stepped forward to challenge the battered Li Yuze, leaving him facing another fight.

• Wang Luoqiu overwhelmed Li Yuze in their opening exchange, but let him recover with his healing leaf and restore his defenses before they resumed fighting.
• Wang Luoqiu sustained her attacks for half an hour until she suddenly intensified her power, broke through Li Yuze’s defenses, and smashed him into a deep pit.
• Wang Luoqiu explained that she had not truly intended to kill Li Yuze, though her claim that she had killed many people and Fierce Beasts frightened the watching disciples.
• Master Xuanyao praised Wang Luoqiu, while Senior Sister Luwei defended Evergreen Valley by explaining its strength in prepared positional warfare.
• Lady Huandie sent Wang Luojing onto the arena, where she challenged Li Yuze after his defeat by Wang Luoqiu.

Wang Luojing defeated Li Yuze by unleashing her Red Bull Fire Toad, whose flames overwhelmed his defenses. As Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu prepared to spar, Wang Shouzhe entered the arena to challenge them both.

• Wang Luojing told Li Yuze to recover before they fought, and the gathered disciples learned that she was Wang Luoqiu’s older sister.
• Li Yuze recovered, equipped his Ancient Tree Armor and other defenses, and prepared Fire Dragon Fruits for the match.
• Wang Luojing sent a swarm of Amethyst Spirit Bees against Li Yuze, but his Wood Spirit Shield blocked their attacks.
• Wang Luojing summoned a Red Bull Fire Toad, whose Crimson Flame Fire Poison burned through Li Yuze’s shield and armor until he conceded.
• Wang Luoqiu challenged Wang Luojing to spar, but Wang Shouzhe stepped onto the arena and offered to face them both.

Wang Shouzhe stepped in after Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu withdrew from the arena, then challenged Xiaoyao Peak’s core disciples. He blocked Mu Yuanbai’s opening strike with Shouxin and counterattacked with the Zhouxuan Sword, leaving the duel unresolved as his sword radiance swept toward Mu Yuanbai.

• Wang Luojing and Wang Luoqiu recognized Wang Shouzhe as their Fourth Brother and left the arena rather than fight him.
• Wang Shouzhe challenged Zhang Xiuping and Mu Yuanbai to represent Evergreen Valley, and Mu Yuanbai accepted.
• Wang Shouzhe revealed the family-inherited mid-grade Zhouxuan Sword and the high-grade spirit shield Shouxin.
• Mu Yuanbai attacked with his spirit sword, but Wang Shouzhe blocked the strike with Shouxin.
• Wang Shouzhe counterattacked with a powerful sword strike that rushed toward Mu Yuanbai.

Wang Shouzhe defeated Mu Yuanbai in a public arena match, overcoming his Mountain-Opening Sword Light with the Shouxin Shield and a hidden Vine Array. His victory restored Evergreen Valley’s morale, and the celebrating disciples began planning a visit to Mystic Ice Hall.

• Mu Yuanbai used his movement technique and spirit sword to attack Wang Shouzhe, but Wang blocked his strikes with the Shouxin Shield and outlasted him.
• Mu Yuanbai unleashed Mountain-Opening Sword Light, but Wang’s Shouxin Shield absorbed the attack without injuring him.
• Wang revealed that vines had spread across the arena during their fight and used them to distract and bind Mu Yuanbai.
• Wang broke through Mu Yuanbai’s Profound Qi Body Protection and knocked him off the arena, and Mu Yuanbai conceded defeat.
• Evergreen Valley’s disciples celebrated Wang’s victory, while Liu Ruolan calmly wiped his sweat as senior sisters gathered around him.
• Senior Brother Jinshan stopped the disciples’ suggestions to visit other lineages and declared that they should go to Mystic Ice Hall.

After Wang Shouzhe impressed Evergreen Valley, Master Changchun offered him protection for his clan and asked him to lead the disciples to the Mystic Ice Hall. Wang Shouzhe agreed, then learned he might have to flee the Academy afterward to avoid Master Binglan’s revenge.

• Evergreen Valley’s disciples eagerly prepared to visit the Mystic Ice Hall, while Wang Shouzhe privately had no wish to go.
• Ancestor Xuanfu warned Wang Shouzhe about the formidable Ji Mingyu, and Master Changchun summoned him to the thatched cottage.
• Wang Shouzhe admitted he had supported Evergreen Valley to repay Master Changchun and secure support for his clan, then accepted the Ancient Tree Armor and two Longevity Tree Leaves.
• Master Changchun offered to take Wang Shouzhe as a direct disciple, but Wang Shouzhe refused because he was the head of his clan.
• Wang Shouzhe explained that he wanted protection for his peaceful family enterprises, and Master Changchun promised to support him if others threatened them.
• Master Changchun asked Wang Shouzhe to lead Evergreen Valley’s new disciples to the Mystic Ice Hall; Wang Shouzhe agreed, then learned he should leave the Academy quickly because Master Binglan might hold a grudge.

Wang Longyan returned to Mystic Ice Hall after decades away, where Master Binglan welcomed her and planned to announce her return to the other lineages. Ji Mingyu resented the attention she received, but the chapter ended with Changchun arriving from Evergreen Valley to challenge Mystic Ice Hall to a friendly demonstration.

• Zhou Kangde trained new Mystic Ice Hall disciples, including Yuwen Jianye and Wang Zongsheng, and said Ji Mingyu would take them to visit the other lineages.
• Ji Mingyu and two core disciples speculated that Wang Longyan had returned, while Ji Mingyu privately doubted her strength and considered her a rival for personal discipleship.
• Master Binglan and Fang You'an learned that Wang Longyan had endured Yin Sha Poison for fifty years, and Fang You'an vowed to kill extra Yin Sha Sect disciples for her.
• Ji Mingyu met Wang Longyan and concealed his disdain as Master Binglan instructed him to take the new disciples on a tour and told Wang Longyan to announce her return to the other lineages.
• Changchun arrived from Evergreen Valley with new disciples, saying they had come to Mystic Ice Hall to learn a thing or two, surprising everyone present.

Master Changchun brought more than two hundred Evergreen Valley disciples to Mystic Ice Hall, provoking Master Binglan while presenting Wang Shouzhe as the disciple behind his confidence. The chapter ended with Wang Zongsheng recognizing his Fourth Uncle and blurting it out before the gathered disciples.

• Master Binglan learned that Master Changchun had come to Mystic Ice Hall to broaden his horizons and prepared to see what he intended.
• Fang You'an calmed the Mystic Ice Hall disciples and formally welcomed Master Changchun, who arrived on his green rosy glow.
• Master Binglan confronted Master Changchun, but he invited her to drink Evergreen Spirit Tea before explaining his visit.
• Master Changchun brought more than two hundred Evergreen Valley disciples out of his rosy glow and said he had come to introduce his talented disciple.
• Wang Shouzhe emerged and paid respects to Master Binglan, but Wang Zongsheng recognized his Fourth Uncle and called out to him.

Wang Shouzhe defeated Jiang Yunhao with effortless movement and then negotiated with Master Changchun for a Longevity Fruit in exchange for facing Ji Mingyu. He began their duel by defending against Ji Mingyu’s powerful opening strike, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Master Binglan and Fang You'an welcomed the new disciples, and Jiang Yunhao stepped forward to fight Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Shouzhe evaded Jiang Yunhao’s attacks until Fang You'an called the match, and Jiang Yunhao admitted defeat.
• Ji Mingyu challenged Wang Shouzhe, who privately negotiated with Master Changchun for a Longevity Fruit if he won.
• Wang Shouzhe armed himself with a shield and Ancient Tree Armor, then accepted Ji Mingyu’s opening attack.
• Ji Mingyu struck from the air with the Profound Ice Sword Technique, and Wang Shouzhe blocked the blow with his Heart-Guarding Spirit Shield.

Wang Shouzhe defeated Ji Mingyu in the Mystic Ice Hall arena by combining Li Yuze’s Fire Dragon Fruits with his Bloodthirsty Vine, then claimed the promised Longevity Fruit and Evergreen Spirit Tea. Master Binglan offered to buy the fruit, leaving Wang Shouzhe wondering why she wanted it.

• Wang Shouzhe endured Ji Mingyu’s attacks and used vines seeded across the arena to restrain him, but Ji Mingyu unleashed a blizzard that froze the plants and slowed Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Shouzhe hurled Li Yuze’s Fire Dragon Fruits to break through the ice storm and interrupt Ji Mingyu’s charged attack.
• Wang Shouzhe’s Bloodthirsty Vine drained Ji Mingyu’s blood while Wang Shouzhe harassed him, forcing Ji Mingyu to surrender before he was seriously harmed.
• Master Changchun praised Wang Shouzhe and gave him eight qian of Evergreen Spirit Tea and the promised Longevity Fruit, which Wang Shouzhe intended for Ancestor Longyan.
• Master Binglan offered to buy the Longevity Fruit, and Wang Shouzhe suspected there was a reason she wanted it.

Wang Shouzhe negotiated with Master Binglan over the Longevity Fruit, which she bought for Ancestor Longyan as a gift to welcome her back. Ancestor Longyan accepted the fruit and became Master Binglan’s Nominal Disciple, while Wang Shouzhe left as Master Changchun and Master Binglan reopened an old dispute.

• Wang Shouzhe entered the Mystic Ice Pavilion with Master Changchun and learned that Master Binglan wanted the Longevity Fruit for Ancestor Longyan.
• Wang Shouzhe refused to sell the fruit until he discovered it was intended for his ancestor, then explained that he had reserved it for her needs.
• Master Binglan paid Wang Shouzhe one thousand Spirit Stones and gave the Longevity Fruit to Ancestor Longyan, who accepted it as a sign of her master's care.
• Wang Shouzhe proposed that Ancestor Longyan become Master Binglan’s Nominal Disciple, and Master Binglan agreed.
• Master Binglan vowed that Ji Mingyu would reclaim his honor, then invited Master Changchun to discuss their past while Ancestor Longyan dragged Wang Shouzhe away.

Wang Shouzhe left the Mystic Ice Pavilion after meeting Master Binglan and helped turn a hostile welcome for Wang Zongsheng into a warm reception. Meanwhile, Master Yunyang discovered that Wang Lici’s enormous appetite came from a powerful Heaven-Swallowing Taotie bloodline and resolved to raise her no matter what.

• Wang Shouzhe and Ji Mingyu left the Mystic Ice Hall together, and Ji Mingyu persuaded the older disciples to treat Wang Zongsheng kindly.
• Wang Lici complained that Senior Brother Mingda’s rundown courtyard and cold buns could not satisfy her hunger, then refused Master Yunyang until he promised she could eat as much as she wanted.
• Wang Lici spent one hundred and thirty Spirit Stones on food in two days, prompting Master Yunyang to investigate her bloodline.
• Wang Lici manifested a fearsome Dharma Image Phantom, and Master Yunyang recognized it as the legendary Heaven-Swallowing Taotie bloodline.

Wang Shouzhe returned to Ping'an Town and began preparing for the threat of flooding after months of rain. He left Liu Ruolan displeased after jokingly telling her not to plot against him.

• Master Yunyang reassured Wang Lici about her bloodline and ordered his disciples to take profitable missions and gather ingredients for her.
• Wang Shouzhe used ancient maps to locate the Divine Martial Army's training grounds more than ten thousand li inside the dangerous Outer Domain, then decided to postpone exploring it.
• Wang Shouzhe distributed product catalogues and promised Evergreen Valley disciples regular shipments of cosmetics and Witch No. 3 vine seeds through Wang Zongsheng and the Qian Clan Trading Firm.
• Wang Shouzhe spent another week at the Academy, learned that Wang Lici had joined the Yunyang Lineage, and then returned to Changning with his relatives.
• After hearing that relentless rains threatened Ping'an Town with floods, Wang Shouzhe studied its terrain model and identified Dragon-Severing Gorge as a major danger.
• Liu Ruolan brought Wang Shouzhe her pastries and offered to cook all his meals, prompting him to joke that she should not plot against him and leaving her expression changed.

Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan led Ping'an Town through a dangerous flood season, and the town survived with limited losses thanks to years of waterworks and flood-control preparations. After the crisis, Wang Shouzhe learned that the mastermind behind an event sixty years earlier had finally revealed a flaw, setting the stage for upheaval in Changning Guard.

• Wang Shouzhe persuaded Liu Ruolan to stop cooking for him every day, and the two went to cultivate while Wang Liyao and Wang Zongan abandoned their lessons and went out to play.
• As heavy rain raised the An River, Wang Shouzhe inspected embankments and drainage sluices, where the Water Dragon Arrays pumped water out of Ping'an Town.
• Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan joined the Wang Clan and the town's forty thousand people in sealing three embankment breaches and containing the flood.
• After the river level fell, Ping'an Town celebrated its survival, with few deaths and most grain production preserved.
• Wang Mei secretly brought Wang Shouzhe intelligence reports, and he discovered that the mastermind from sixty years earlier had revealed a flaw.

Wang Shouzhe learned that clues about the hidden enemy led to Fortune Gambling House, while Wang Shoulian returned with Zhou Qingning and received his approval to marry her. The family then learned that the flood had devastated neighboring regions, and Wang Shouzhe prepared for refugees, possible epidemics, and the arrival of a Purple Mansion Academy relief team.

• Wang Mei reported that the Wang Clan’s bait had exposed suspicious activity connected to Fortune Gambling House, and Wang Shouzhe ordered her to watch it carefully.
• Wang Shoulian returned with Zhou Qingning and met Wang Zongchang on the way to see Wang Shouzhe.
• Wang Shouzhe approved Wang Shoulian and Zhou Qingning’s marriage and asked Liu Ruolan to oversee the formal arrangements.
• Wang Shoulian reported that floods had devastated Dingnan Guard and Zhenze Guard, driving refugees toward Changning Guard.
• Wang Shouzhe sent Wang Zongchang to buy medicinal supplies and learned that a Purple Mansion Academy direct disciple was leading disaster relief.