Vol. 1The Tang Household’s Trial

Tang Yuan built his cultivation and wealth before leaving his children to choose their own path, and Tang Tiansong expanded the family’s village while facing threats from rival forces. The volume ended with Tang Tiansong dying in battle and his family preparing to seek revenge.

  • Tang Yuan traded between realms, survived sect and household conflicts, and returned to the Holy Cardamom Sect with Zhang Yang’s corpse.
  • Kou Cheng paid Tang Yuan’s entrance fee and warned him that obtaining a cultivation method would be difficult.
  • Tang Yuan survived the Barbarian Di Secret Realm, obtained the Purple Jade Huang and Solar One Qi Divine Light, and left the sect for Golden Shell Island.
  • Tang Yuan searched Ascension City for Moon Jade Radiance and questioned a young Devil Cultivator after finding the bun shop owner’s family murdered.
  • Tang Yuan returned from Ascension City and warned his children about the cost of Hou Fei’s pills before they chose to cultivate.
  • Tang Tiansong grew Dangwu Village and faced a choice about a life-sacrificing method as three fossilized dragon eggs showed signs of life.
  • Tang Tiansong strengthened the household through alliances and aid, then died fighting masked attackers who sought an opportunity near Dangwu Mountain.
  • Tang Tianshu reported Tang Tiansong’s death, Miao placed Tang Tiandong in charge, and Tang Tianzi demanded revenge against the Ye Household.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Mystic Spoon’s Crossing

Tang Yuan used the Mystic Spoon to trade between the Human Realm and Demon Realm, building his cultivation and wealth while surviving sect politics, demons, and rival cultivators. He returned to the Holy Cardamom Sect with Zhang Yang’s corpse and secured entry through Kou Cheng, though obtaining a cultivation method remained difficult.

  • Tang Yuan escaped the iron cage in the Demon Realm, killed Duan Zhengfeng with the female cultivator’s help, and returned to the Human Realm with his treasures.
  • Tang Yuan sold Red Spirit Eels, bought cultivation and alchemy supplies, and became an Alchemist for the Xi Household after surviving a storm at sea.
  • After Xi Shanhu blocked his eel trade and leave, Tang Yuan caught eels at Golden Shell Island and later stole Dragon Skeleton Jade Mud from a supposedly dead Earth Flood Dragon.
  • Tang Yuan escaped Lü Moran and Master Deming with Xi Yunshu and Xi Shanbao, then killed Xi Shanbao when he betrayed them and became the Xi Household’s grand guest elder.
  • Tang Yuan failed to enter the Purple Sword Sect, joined the Holy Cardamom Sect, and spent two years trading and cultivating before encountering the Li siblings and their Great Kun Moonlight.
  • Tang Yuan helped the Li siblings defeat Luo Biao, then killed Zhang Yang with the Earth Flood Dragon’s aid and acquired Zhang Yang’s corpse and a Seven-Colored Invisibility Robe.
  • Tang Yuan returned to Dangwu Village, clashed with his son Tang Tiansong over the family trade, and traveled back to the sect.
  • Blue Forehead demanded an entrance fee from Tang Yuan, but Kou Cheng agreed to pay it after valuing Zhang Yang’s corpse and warned that securing a cultivation method would be difficult.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Barbarian Di Trial

Tang Yuan survived the Barbarian Di Secret Realm, secured a Purple Jade Huang and the Solar One Qi Divine Light, then left the sect for Golden Shell Island. While searching Ascension City for Moon Jade Radiance, he became caught in a massacre driven by a Purple Mansion cultivator’s Divine Ability.

  • Ding Chunqiu forced Tang Yuan to buy costly cultivation methods and take a loan, while Tang Yuan began making lightning arrays for Feng Bin.
  • Tang Yuan killed Du Qing after she tried to exploit him, then clashed with Su Wei and captured his soul before preparing for the secret realm.
  • Tang Yuan entered the Barbarian Di Secret Realm alone, survived the Thousand Ghost Cavern, and rescued disciples from a demonic spider.
  • Tang Yuan obtained the Purple Jade Huang from an orc chief and traded for red spirit crystals, then escaped the realm while Qi Feiming took the jade huang he had thrown aside.
  • Tang Yuan exposed Qi Feiming’s false Purple Jade Huang, gave the real one to High Person Li Bai, and earned the Solar One Qi Divine Light by presenting 8,800 beastman canine teeth.
  • Tang Yuan left the Holy Cardamom Sect for Golden Shell Island, reached the Qi Refinement Seventh Layer, and sold surplus Spiritual Qi for Spirit Stones.
  • Tang Yuan sought Moon Jade Radiance in Ascension City and arranged a purchase with Wu Ningning, but Devil Cultivators and Bandit Cultivators attacked after the city’s protective formation shattered.
  • Tang Yuan resisted a mind-bewitching Divine Ability and found the bun shop owner’s family butchered, then questioned a young Devil Cultivator who admitted killing them.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Tang Household Rises

After Tang Yuan left to cultivate, Tang Tiansong led his siblings through cultivation, a demon-rat threat, and the growth of Dangwu Village. The arc ended with Tang Tiansong weighing the cost of power as the household expanded and three fossilized dragon eggs showed signs of life.

  • Tang Yuan escaped Ascension City’s destruction, returned to the Human Realm, and warned his children that Hou Fei’s pills would cost them part of their souls before letting them choose whether to cultivate.
  • Tang Tiansong and his siblings accepted Hou Fei’s Aperture-Opening Pills, began cultivating, and discovered that the Golden Yang Gate had placed a demon rat near their village.
  • After Shen Kun falsely claimed to have killed the demon rat, Tang Tiansong lured it into a trap, and the Mystic Spoon finished it off while the siblings cleared nearby mines.
  • The siblings rescued Tang Qilang, who revealed that Tang Yuan had once spared him, and agreed to hunt Demon Beasts with his guidance.
  • Tang Yuan settled on Golden Shell Island to cultivate, while Tang Tiansong broke off his engagement to the Ye Household and pursued his plans to marry Yu Wei.
  • Tang Tiansong developed Dangwu Village and its farmland, hunted with Qilang, and later helped Tang Tianya begin cultivating.
  • Cui Xueyong led Tang Tiandong and Tang Tianya to Purple Moon Islet Market, where they sold beast cores and bought dragon fossils after Tong Lingling exposed Feng San’s false claims.
  • The Earth Flood Dragon infused three unusual fossils with Great Kun Moonlight, and by 4041 Tang Tiansong had grown Dangwu Village into a town while considering whether to cultivate a life-sacrificing method.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4Tang Tiansong’s Last Stand

Tang Tiansong strengthened the Tang Household through alliances, an engagement, and gifts while threats gathered around them. After he died fighting Golden Yang Gate disciples, his family learned of his death and prepared to seek revenge.

  • Tang Tiansong learned of Gu Husha’s plans from Yang Yue'ao, offered aid to the Gaoxin Clan, and secured Yang’s secret support.
  • Wu Mengmeng and her companions discovered Tang Tianya’s Sword Primordial Qi, but he refused to join the Azure Origin Sect and chose to stay with his family.
  • Tang Tiansong arranged his engagement to Yu Wei, and Tang Tiandong collected 216 Spirit Stones in gifts at Gathering Friends Market.
  • Tang Tiandong recoiled when Tong Lingling revealed her disfigured face, while Tang Tianlan defended her and promised to punish him if he mistreated her.
  • Yang Yue'ao reported the Guishi Clan’s desperate condition, and Tang Tiansong sent aid before attacking Gu Husha’s grain stores to delay his invasion.
  • At Tang Jincan’s wedding, Tang Miao warned of a calamity, and masked cultivators revealed their plan to destroy the Tang Household for a great opportunity near Dangwu Mountain.
  • Tang Tiansong used Burning Life, Dream Unfinished to fight the four attackers, killed their advantage with black flames, and died standing with his sword.
  • Tang Tianshu brought word of Tang Tiansong’s death, and Miao placed Tang Tiandong in charge as Tang Tianzi demanded revenge against the Ye Household.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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