Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng tested the limits of his Intermediate Mimicry Talent before traveling with Leech, Bai Can, and Jin Yang to Wanghai City, where they witnessed the Sea King Sect’s Young Master Moyunzi arrive on a Demon Beast mount. The group entered the city, and Lin Sheng left his interest in the beast unacted upon because of Moyunzi’s status and the danger of provoking the Sea King Sect.

• Lin Sheng used high-level Spirit Beast flesh to mimic its traits, then found that the Long-toothed Lacquer Fish could not sustain the same transformation.
• After testing several living Spirit Beasts, Lin Sheng concluded that Mimicry could only partially copy beasts and that higher-tier targets allowed less mimicry.
• Lin Sheng and his companions traveled from Yunhai City to Wanghai City, the East Sea Prefecture Military Department’s stronghold.
• A Brahma Crimson Fire Bull carrying Sea King Sect Young Master Moyunzi charged through Wanghai City’s gates, killing animals and injuring nearby people with its roar.
• Leech explained that the Sea King Sect dominated Eastern Continent and identified Moyunzi as its sixth-transformation Divine Form Young Sect Master.
• Lin Sheng decided against provoking Moyunzi for the Demon Beast mount and entered Wanghai City with his companions.

Princess Lingyu received Lin Sheng and agreed to prepare warships for his expedition to the Misty Sea Region, while Moyunzi’s visit revealed the Sea King Sect’s plan to use her to undermine the Southern Qi Imperial Family. Lin Sheng declined her offer of lodging and left with his companions, leaving Ling Yu curious about his concealed aura.

• Princess Lingyu praised the Azure Sea Traceless Sword, and Granny Shi told her that Moyunzi was approaching Wanghai City.
• Moyunzi visited Princess Lingyu, but she declined his invitation; after leaving, he ordered Elder Hai to investigate her mission and revealed the Sea King Sect’s plan to win her over.
• Lin Sheng and his companions arrived at Wanghai Villa, where Lin Sheng recognized the masked Elder Hai as a grandmaster and noticed the Brahma Crimson Fire Bull outside.
• Princess Lingyu told Lin Sheng that warships for the Misty Sea Region would take several days to assemble and offered him rooms at the villa.
• Lin Sheng declined the rooms and left with his companions, while Granny Shi said his Bone Transformation Sixth Layer cultivation was genuine but his aura concealment was exceptional.

Lin Sheng visited the Sea Beast Department with Princess Lingyu to investigate its Lacquer Fish and find a way to raise them into stronger Spirit Beasts. The department had no high-level Lacquer Fish, but Director Wang revealed that its oldest Long-toothed Lacquer Fish might be close to breaking through.

• Princess Lingyu and Granny Shi discussed testing Lin Sheng, while Lin Sheng and his companions left Wanghai Villa and settled at an inn.
• Lin Sheng cultivated the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture and decided he might need the Military Department's resources to raise Lacquer Fish and find other beasts with mimicry talents.
• Lin Sheng received a letter from Southern Qi's God of War, who proposed arranging a match between him and Princess Lingyu; Lin Sheng hesitated to accept the ties that would bring.
• Two days later, Lin Sheng asked Princess Lingyu to take him to the Sea Beast Department, where Director Wang showed the group its sea-beast breeding areas.
• Director Wang explained that the department had only bred Long-toothed Lacquer Fish to low-level Spirit Beast strength, but its oldest specimen might be close to becoming a high-level Spirit Beast.

Lin Sheng searched Sea Area No. 2 for the long-missing Long-toothed Lacquer Fish, using his underwater talents and perception to cover the waters. He found the fish just as three powerful sea beasts were about to catch it, while black mist rising near the boat signaled trouble on the surface.

• Wang Degui led Lin Sheng and Princess Lingyu to Sea Area No. 2, where he summoned a large school of Lacquer Fish and Long-toothed Lacquer Fish, but the missing old fish did not appear.
• Lin Sheng entered the water, surprising Wang Degui, Princess Lingyu, and Granny Shi with his effortless swimming.
• Lin Sheng used the Aurora Jellyfish's talents and his powerful perception to search the sea, Assimilating unfamiliar high-level Spirit Beasts along the way, but found no sign of the old fish.
• Lin Sheng sensed several unusually powerful sea beasts and approached, discovering a sea snake fleeing a Giant Shark, a Giant Clam, and a crab while carrying a red pearl.
• A gigantic Long-toothed Lacquer Fish stole the sea snake and its pearl, but the three sea beasts pursued it until Lin Sheng grabbed the Giant Shark just before it could swallow the fish.
• Wang Degui told Bai Can that Lin Sheng might remain underwater longer, then spotted black mist rising from the distant sea and exclaimed that something had happened.

Lin Sheng returned from the sea with a Long-toothed Lacquer Fish and a Dragon Blood Pearl, then arranged for the Sea Beast Department to raise the fish while he planned to cultivate it. Princess Lingyu and Granny Shi speculated about his bloodline, while Moyunzi learned that she had come to Wanghai City to receive someone from Dark Star and ordered an investigation.

• Lin Sheng returned safely after absorbing three high-level sea beasts, gave the Dragon Blood Pearl to Director Wang for appraisal, and accepted Princess Lingyu's offer of the Long-toothed Lacquer Fish.
• Lin Sheng asked the Sea Beast Department to tame and raise the fish, then examined its attributes and considered buying treasures to help it advance.
• Princess Lingyu and Granny Shi discussed Lin Sheng's unusual power at sea and wondered whether he possessed a special bloodline.
• Moyunzi left Wanghai Villa furious after Princess Lingyu rejected him again, then learned she had come to receive a Dark Star grandmaster disciple.
• Moyunzi ordered Elder Hai to find Dark Star's people and said the Sea King Sect should welcome them.

Lin Sheng received confirmation that the Dragon Blood Pearl could nourish the Long-toothed Lacquer Fish, then sailed with Princess Lingyu and his companions toward the Misty Sea Region aboard Southern Qi warships. During the voyage, he heard about the vanished Ancient Luo Empire and the life-draining Black Disaster in the Silo Kingdom, while Moyunzi learned that Lingyu had gone to sea with Lin Sheng and grew furious.

• Lin Sheng read Wang Degui's letter confirming the Dragon Blood Pearl was over ten thousand years old and ordered it and several herbs sent to the Sea Beast Department for the Long-toothed Lacquer Fish.
• Princess Lingyu told Lin Sheng that the warships were ready, while he rejected an invitation from Sea King Sect's Young Master Moyunzi and sent a reply to the sect.
• Lin Sheng and his companions boarded three Southern Qi warships, where Princess Lingyu warned him about Moyunzi and Leech planned their route toward Storm Reef in the Misty Sea Region.
• Princess Lingyu told Lin Sheng about the lost Ancient Luo Empire and the Black Disaster consuming the Silo Kingdom, which drained life from anyone caught in its black mist.
• Lin Sheng returned to his cabin to cultivate during the long voyage, while Moyunzi learned that Lingyu had sailed with Lin Sheng and angrily demanded to go after them.

The fleet entered the Misty Sea Region, where Lin Sheng witnessed the warships repel schools of dangerous Spinefish with powerful cannons. After discovering that hundreds of thornfish had secretly attached themselves to the hull, Lin Sheng drove them off with his golden gaze.

• Princess Lingyu entered the Misty Sea Region with the fleet and left its precautions to Deputy General Hong Ye.
• Lin Sheng learned about the Sea Ghost Fish and the hazards of the region as the fleet sailed through the fog.
• A school of Spinefish attacked the warships, but their cannons blasted the creatures apart.
• Hong Ye explained that Spinefish could corrode ships, and the fleet heard a strange hiss beneath the water.
• Lin Sheng dove below the ship, found hundreds of thornfish clinging to its hull, and frightened them into fleeing with his golden gaze.

Lin Sheng discovered that the thornfish swarm had been transformed by blood from the dead Void Beast Ink Sea Dragon Crab, then returned to the ship and revealed his Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon bloodline to Princess Lingyu. Princess Lingyu and Granny Shi judged his bloodline too low-ranked to be a suitable match and planned to ask His Majesty to reject the arrangement.

• Granny Shi and Princess Lingyu sensed Lin Sheng's Dragon Might and recognized that he had awakened the rare talent.
• Lin Sheng absorbed a Purple-Striped Thornfish, found a drop of Ink Sea Dragon Crab blood, and learned that the ancient Void Beast had died.
• Lin Sheng concluded that the dead beast might have caused the Misty Sea Region's fog, but abandoned the idea of searching the dangerous seabed for its corpse.
• Lin Sheng returned to the deck, assured Hong Ye that the thornfish swarm had been dealt with, and spoke with Princess Lingyu.
• Princess Lingyu sensed Lin Sheng's Dragon Might and asked about his bloodline, which Lin Sheng identified as the Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon.
• Granny Shi ranked the Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon as a low second-grade bloodline, and she and Princess Lingyu planned to ask His Majesty to reject Lin Sheng as a match.

Lin Sheng discovered that the Purple-Striped Thornfish’s Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood talent had appeared on his panel and risked activating it, enduring a mental assault from the Ink Sea Dragon Crab. After consuming the crab’s essence blood, he gained stronger perception in seawater and limited control over it, while realizing the talent could grow by absorbing more of the Void Beast’s flesh and blood.

• Lin Sheng found that the Purple-Striped Thornfish’s Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood talent was gray and could not be activated, while his blood and vitality were slowly draining.
• After cultivating through the next day, Lin Sheng noticed an Ink Sea Dragon Crab-like mark on his chest and discovered Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood on his attribute panel.
• Lin Sheng activated the talent and resisted the Ink Sea Dragon Crab’s mental assault, then sensed an affinity with seawater and perceived fish within a two-hundred-meter radius.
• Lin Sheng swallowed the crab’s essence blood and plunged into the sea, where he withstood a stronger vision of the Ink Sea Dragon Crab.
• Lin Sheng found that the essence blood had strengthened his seawater perception to a five-hundred-meter radius and let him form cages of water around Sea Ghost Fish, though his control remained limited.

Lin Sheng’s fleet encountered a Thousand-Pore Squid in the deeper Misty Sea Region, and Granny Shi engaged the powerful beast after it nearly forced two warships to collide. Lin Sheng sensed an instinctive desire toward the squid as Granny Shi pursued it into the depths.

• Lin Sheng searched the sea for Ink Sea Dragon Crab blood, found none, and decided to cultivate until he reached peak Bone Transformation.
• Three days later, the fleet passed Storm Reef, where a Thousand-Pore Squid seized the leading warship and dragged it toward the others.
• Hong Ye attacked the squid’s tentacles but was struck aside, and Granny Shi dove into the sea to make the beast release both ships.
• Lin Sheng sensed the squid’s appearance through his Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood talent and felt an instinctive desire toward it, while Princess Lingyu identified it as a Thousand-Pore Squid.
• The squid sprayed corrosive black water toward Granny Shi and the ships, killing sailors and damaging the deck before Granny Shi transformed and chased it into the depths.

After the ships fled the Thousand-Pore Squid, Lin Sheng learned more about the Misty Sea Region and Void Beasts before a mysterious song began controlling the crew. He remained mostly unaffected and subdued the entranced sailors and officers, while the singer’s source remained hidden in the mist.

• Princess Lingyu ordered the fleet to leave, explaining that Granny Shi could drive off but probably could not kill the Thousand-Pore Squid.
• Lin Sheng asked Princess Lingyu about the region’s other demonic beasts and Void Beasts, and she described the Mystic Iron Giant Crab, Phantom Rainbow Serpent Dragon, and the scarcity and danger of Void Beasts.
• Lin Sheng noticed the sea had grown unnaturally empty as the gray mist thickened, then a strange song entranced the sailors and made them leap into the sea.
• Princess Lingyu’s dragon roar briefly restored Hong Ye’s senses, but the song soon took hold of him again, and he attacked her.
• Lin Sheng caught Hong Ye’s saber, pulled Princess Lingyu out of danger, and knocked Hong Ye down with a powerful blow.
• Lin Sheng incapacitated the entranced crew and officers, while Leech shattered his own bones to avoid attacking him.

Lin Sheng transformed and killed the mermaid-like demonic beast that had bewitched the warship’s crew, then rescued the sailors who had fallen into the sea. Princess Lingyu witnessed his overwhelming strength and realized that her earlier estimates of his combat power had been far too low.

• Lin Sheng and Princess Lingyu remained standing as the beast’s song overwhelmed the warship’s Divine Form Martial Artists, and Princess Lingyu urged him to escape while she held it off.
• The mermaid-like demonic beast emerged from the mist and charged at them, but Lin Sheng stopped Princess Lingyu and transformed into a towering, golden-eyed giant.
• The beast concentrated its piercing spiritual attack on Lin Sheng, then dragged him close and struck his chest, but its claws broke against his hardened body.
• Lin Sheng recovered from the attack, smashed the beast with one blow, and gathered its blood before returning to the warship.
• Lin Sheng rescued the sailors and crew members from the sea, while Princess Lingyu recognized that his true combat power far exceeded her expectations.

Granny Shi returned to find Princess Lingyu safe and learned that Lin Sheng had killed the Deep Marsh Ghost Shark, changing her opinion of his abilities. Lin Sheng integrated the beast, tested its talents, and discovered that its Spirit boost strengthened his mind and his own Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood talent.

• Granny Shi returned to the deck, confirmed Princess Lingyu was unharmed, and learned that Lin Sheng had killed the merfolk demon beast.
• Princess Lingyu recounted Lin Sheng's feat, and Granny Shi praised his talent while Princess Lingyu resolved that he was the man for her.
• Lin Sheng examined the Deep Marsh Ghost Shark's attributes and integrated it, gaining five points of Spirit along with other boosts.
• Lin Sheng tested Sea Ghost in the ocean and found it let him control water and raise enormous waves.
• Lin Sheng used Filthy Speech to control nearby fish, then activated Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood and broke free of the Ink Sea Dragon Crab's influence.
• Lin Sheng tested the strengthened Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood and found that his ocean perception and water control had improved substantially.

Lin Sheng and Leech searched three islands in the Misty Sea Region for Darkstar, finding Grandmaster-level crystals that reduced the fog and a vast island full of Sea Ghost turtles. In a hidden cave, Lin Sheng discovered the remains of a message from Sui Yue Sheng, who had searched for a breakthrough and found the remains of a Void Beast.

• Lin Sheng and Leech left the warship and used Lin Sheng’s Sea Ghost talent to reach the first island, where they found crystals containing powerful Grandmaster inner force that absorbed the gray mist.
• Lin Sheng placed Darkstar tracking beacons on the first two islands after searching them and then reached a much larger third island.
• Giant Sea Ghost turtles attacked Lin Sheng and Leech, but Lin Sheng’s Dragon Might drove them away, and he continued searching the island.
• Lin Sheng found a cave filled with yellow crystals and read Sui Yue Sheng’s account of discovering Void Beast essence blood and the remains of an Ink Sea Dragon Crab before leaving after thirty years of failed cultivation.

Lin Sheng refined seven drops of the Ink Sea Dragon Crab’s blood essence, strengthening his Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood talent and gaining a temporary boost to his physical attributes. After exploring the island and leaving with Leech, he was attacked by the Thousand-Pore Squid and plunged into the sea to fight it.

• Lin Sheng found two jade bottles containing fourteen drops of powerful blood essence and refined seven of them, surviving a vivid spiritual imprint of the Ink Sea Dragon Crab.
• Lin Sheng discovered that his Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood talent improved his water control and temporarily increased his Strength and Constitution when activated.
• Lin Sheng searched the island with Leech, collecting valuable medicinal herbs and finding abundant beast ore before they left.
• Leech noticed the island resembled a giant sea turtle, but Lin Sheng chose not to return to investigate and continued toward the warship.
• The Thousand-Pore Squid ambushed Lin Sheng and Leech at sea, and Lin Sheng transformed into a scaled giant and plunged underwater to confront it.
• Leech retreated as the sea erupted with towering waves and the battle’s aftershocks shook the surrounding waters.

Lin Sheng fought the Thousand-Pore Squid, drove it off, and recovered two drops of Void Beast essence blood from a severed tentacle. After returning to the warships, he learned that the Thunderclap Storm was likely caused by a powerful lightning-attributed beast evolving, and suspected the Void Beast corpse might be involved.

• Lin Sheng pummeled the Thousand-Pore Squid beneath the sea, but it escaped after enveloping him in black water and knocking him away.
• Lin Sheng collected two drops of Void Beast essence blood from a patterned tentacle the squid had left behind, then returned to the surface with Leech.
• Princess Lingyu and Granny Shi waited for Lin Sheng and Leech as a violent storm battered the warships, then led the ships out of the Misty Sea Region once the pair returned.
• Granny Shi identified the disaster as a Thunderclap Storm and said it likely marked the evolution of a lightning-attributed beast stronger than the Thousand-Pore Squid.
• Lin Sheng wondered whether the Void Beast corpse had enabled the beast's evolution.

Lin Sheng and Princess Lingyu agreed to accept the marriage proposed by the Military God, though Lin Sheng suspected the Ink Sea Dragon Crab bloodline had intensified his attraction to her. After returning to Wanghai City, he learned that the Long-toothed Lacquer Fish had weakened during its attempted breakthrough and was close to death.

• Lin Sheng reached the Bone Transformation Seventh Layer and decided to wait until he returned to land before beginning the demonic resonance tide and shedding his demonic husk again.
• The three warships left the Misty Sea Region, and Princess Lingyu told Lin Sheng she accepted the marriage; Lin Sheng agreed to inform the Military God and then left her cabin.
• Lin Sheng realized the Ink Sea Dragon Crab bloodline had likely caused his unusually intense reaction to Princess Lingyu, and he resolved to delay refining his remaining essence blood.
• After the warship docked, Lin Sheng went to the Sea Beast Department to check on the Long-toothed Lacquer Fish.
• Wang Degui told Lin Sheng that the fish had weakened after a failed breakthrough, and Lin Sheng found it barely moving in its pond.

Lin Sheng used Void Beast essence blood to evolve the Long-toothed Lacquer Fish and gained Advanced Mimicry, then endured a dangerous demonic resonance tide. After meeting Princess Lingyu to test her sword, he learned the Demon Beast materials he requested had arrived, while a crimson bull carriage approached Wanghai Villa.

• Lin Sheng took the dying Long-toothed Lacquer Fish from Wang Degui and fed it Void Beast essence blood, transforming it into a Three-eyed Lacquer Fish.
• Lin Sheng killed the Three-eyed Lacquer Fish, absorbed its Advanced Mimicry talent, and tested the talent by imitating an ape-type Spirit Beast.
• Lin Sheng asked Bai Can to request Demon Beast flesh and blood from Princess Lingyu, while Moyunzi learned that Princess Lingyu and Dark Star had returned and ordered an invitation sent to her.
• Lin Sheng endured a powerful demonic resonance tide outside Wanghai City, then returned to meet Princess Lingyu at Wanghai Villa.
• Lin Sheng sparred with Princess Lingyu, and she told him that the Demon Beast flesh and blood he had requested had arrived.
• A crimson bull pulling a palace-like carriage traveled toward Wanghai Villa.

Lin Sheng received Demon Beast flesh from Princess Lingyu and agreed to accompany her to Butterfly Island, while Moyunzi learned that the imperial family had betrothed her to Lin Sheng instead of him. Enraged, Moyunzi proposed abducting Lingyu, and Elder Hai said he would consult the Sea King Sect's Sect Master.

• Princess Lingyu gave Lin Sheng Heavy Yin King Python remains for his secret art, and Lin Sheng thanked her and requested more Demon Beast materials in the future.
• Princess Lingyu invited Lin Sheng to visit Butterfly Island, and he agreed before she asked him to spar after their meal.
• Moyunzi learned that Princess Lingyu was entertaining a guest, discovered the guest was Lin Sheng, and flew into a rage.
• Elder Hai told Moyunzi that Emperor Jing had accepted a marriage alliance but assigned Princess Changhu instead of Lingyu, who was already betrothed to Lin Sheng.
• Moyunzi blamed Tang Chong's influence for the arrangement and proposed taking Lingyu by force, while Elder Hai said he would report the plan to the Sect Master.

Lin Sheng refined part of the Heavy Yin King Python’s bloodline, then completed a demonic-remains transformation that greatly increased his strength and physique. He set out with Princess Lingyu to view Butterfly Island, unaware that another boat was following them there.

• Lin Sheng mimicked the Heavy Yin King Python and used Heavenly Snake Bone Changing to refine a thread of its bloodline, discovering that it slightly increased his agility.
• Lin Sheng studied demon-beast records and sent Wanghai Villa a list of bloodlines suitable for him, then stopped refining the python’s bloodline while waiting for better material.
• Lin Sheng spent five days cultivating in seclusion and completed his demonic-remains transformation, raising his strength to 22 and physique to 23.
• Lin Sheng met Hong Ye at the docks and boarded a military vessel, where Princess Lingyu greeted him before they sailed toward Butterfly Island.
• Half an hour after their ship left shore, a small boat also departed in the direction of Butterfly Island.