Chapter Summaries

Nascent Soul True Lords intervened in the wager between Xu Chunniang and Wang Quan when his grandmother gave him a protective treasure and Snow Sword Immortal countered by lending Xu Chunniang her sword. Both treasures were recalled, and after three days Xu Chunniang returned to find Wang Quan waiting with the Merit Hall official to verify their gains.

• The black-robed old man and the Wang Family elderly woman discussed Wang Quan's wager against Xu Chunniang, and she gave him the Golden Jade Bell for protection.
• The black-robed old man objected to the Wang Family elderly woman's interference, so Snow Sword Immortal sent her natal sword to Xu Chunniang to balance the wager.
• The Wang Family elderly woman and Snow Sword Immortal agreed to recall their treasures, and Xu Chunniang received Snow Sword Immortal's offer to teach her swordsmanship if she abandoned formations.
• Xu Chunniang used the Taiji Diagram to kill the approaching Sea Clan beasts, reflecting that only the powerful could escape being pawns in the war.
• Three days later, Xu Chunniang returned to the island and found Wang Quan waiting with the Merit Hall official who verified merit.

Xu Chunniang won her wager with Wang Quan by presenting sea demon beasts worth forty-five thousand merit points, more than double his total. After collecting the ten Top-grade Spirit Stones, she challenged Zou Yue to a life-and-death duel for provoking Wang Quan against her.

• Wang Quan presented his sea demon beast corpses, which Elder Zhang counted as twenty-two thousand merit points.
• Xu Chunniang revealed another pile of corpses, bringing her total to forty-five thousand merit points and leaving Wang Quan stunned.
• The old woman of the Wang Family revealed that Xu Chunniang had reached Golden Core Layer Eight, paid her ten Top-grade Spirit Stones, and left with Wang Quan.
• Xu Chunniang called out Zou Yue and accused him of provoking Wang Quan to test her strength.
• Xu Chunniang challenged Zou Yue to a life-and-death duel, and Zou Yue's expression changed.

After Xu Chunniang defeated Zou Yue in their wager, news of her strength spread across Wind Thunder Island. Zhu Yanzhi learned that the Flood Dragon Emperor had destroyed Yingzhou’s Ancestor Island, leaving the fate of the islands under its jurisdiction uncertain.

• Zou Yue admitted he could not match Xu Chunniang, handed over five Top-grade Spirit Stones, and promised to avoid challenging her in the future.
• Zhu Qiaoqiao and other cultivators were shocked to learn Xu Chunniang had killed sixty-two same-realm sea demon beasts in three days.
• Zhu Yanzhi sensed that Xu Chunniang had not absorbed the Vermillion Bird Fire and reasoned that she might have concealed her strength.
• A message informed Zhu Yanzhi and his clan uncle that the Flood Dragon Emperor had destroyed Yingzhou’s Ancestor Island with a force of Nascent Soul elites.
• Zhu Yanzhi feared the Sea Clan would attack Yingzhou’s nearly thousand subordinate islands and condemned the Flood Dragon Emperor’s assault.

After Yingzhou fell to the late-stage Deity Transformation Dragon Emperor, the Nine Great Families began organizing a campaign against the Dragon Emperor Palace. Xu Chunniang accepted a Conquest Order requiring ranked cultivators to join the expedition, as the human race prepared for a decisive battle.

• Zhu Yanzhi and a middle-aged cultivator agreed that the remaining Nine Great Families should unite and strike the Dragon Emperor Palace.
• The Nascent Soul Cultivators of Wind Thunder Island drove back the sea demon beasts, while news spread that the Dragon Emperor had destroyed Yingzhou and wiped out the Qi family.
• Xu Chunniang heard that the Nine Great Families planned to campaign against the Dragon Emperor Palace and wondered whether their Spirit Transformation cultivators could defeat the Dragon Emperor.
• Elder Zhang told Xu Chunniang that cultivators on the Merit Ranking had to join the expedition, and she accepted her Conquest Order.
• Elder Zhang explained that expedition participants would earn thirty thousand merit points, while those who refused would lose one hundred thousand.

Xu Chunniang joined the human expedition assembling to attack the Dragon Emperor Palace, but her attempts to divine the battle’s outcome failed. Aboard the Vermillion Bird Warship, she met the cultivators in her assigned team and their leader, Zhou Ruoying, who confronted those questioning her strength.

• Xu Chunniang exchanged her merits for healing and recovery medicines as the human campaign preparations began.
• Within seven days, the nine great Aristocratic Clans assembled the human forces, and the warships set out for the Dragon Emperor Palace.
• Xu Chunniang failed three times to use the Great Evolution Technique to predict the battle and suffered a minor backlash on her latest attempt.
• After receiving an assembly order, Xu Chunniang joined her team aboard the Vermillion Bird Warship, where cultivators praised her reputation and discussed their leader’s injuries.
• Zhou Ruoying entered the room, challenged the cultivators who had questioned her strength, and made them plead for her forgiveness.

Zhou Ruoying organized the cultivators into squads for the coming war, while Xu Chunniang declined an offer to serve in a safer position. As the human fleet reached the Dragon Emperor Palace's territory, its leaders decided to divide their forces and send the main fleet onward.

• Zhou Ruoying punished the cultivators who had begged for mercy by ordering them to lead the vanguard, then assigned the hundred Golden Core cultivators and five thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators to ten squads.
• Zhou Ruoying privately thanked Xu Chunniang for helping Zhou Li and offered to station her on the safer outskirts, but Xu Chunniang declined so she could keep informed about the battle.
• After five and a half days, the Vermillion Bird Warship reached the Dragon Emperor Palace's territory, where several Sea Clan groups had gathered to block the human fleet.
• Ao Haitian proposed bypassing the Sea Clans, while Feng Jinhuang argued for exterminating them; the other leaders rejected both suggestions.
• The Bai Family head proposed leaving selected squads to fight the Sea Clans while the main force advanced, and the leaders agreed to his plan.
• The leaders selected more than a dozen squads from islands across the Nine Provinces to stay behind as dozens of warships plunged onward.

The human army advanced rapidly toward the Dragon Emperor Palace, prompting the Third Princess to report its approach to the Dragon Emperor. After the Dragon Emperor rebuked and struck her for secretly restraining the war, the Seventh Princess revealed her ambition to claim a share of the humans’ Great Fortune.

• The human fleet pushed through scattered Sea Clan forces and was expected to reach the Dragon Emperor Palace within ten days.
• The Third Princess told the Dragon Emperor that the human army was advancing and warned that pushing the humans too far could provoke a desperate response.
• The Dragon Emperor accused the Third Princess of secretly defying her orders and struck her before ordering her to leave.
• The Seventh Princess mocked the Third Princess for her disobedience and said she expected the Dragon Emperor to kill the human Spirit Transformation cultivators and give her a share of their Great Fortune.
• The Third Princess remained silent outside the bedchamber as the Seventh Princess went in to see the Dragon Emperor.

The Dragon Emperor prepared to seize the human race’s Great Fortune while three human Soul Transformation cultivators planned to confront her at the Dragon Emperor Palace. As the human army advanced, Xu Chunniang’s team was ordered to battle the Spirit Turtle Clan.

• The Seventh Princess reported her measures to the Dragon Emperor, who praised her plan to weaken the human race and waited for its cultivators to arrive.
• The Ao Family, Feng Family, and White Family Deity Transformation True Saints discussed the Dragon Emperor’s likely Domain of Laws, the risks of fighting her, and their need to win together.
• The three human cultivators advanced toward the Dragon Emperor Palace, aware that using their full power might attract the Heavenly Dao Law’s attention.
• As the human main force approached the palace, it met increasing Sea Clan resistance, and human elites were sent to fight.
• Xu Chunniang’s team joined several other squads to fight the Spirit Turtle Clan; Zhou Ruoying and the Nascent Soul cultivators faced its great demons while the rest fought tens of thousands of turtles.

The Dragon Emperor overwhelmed the three Deity Transformation True Saints from the human clans, revealing that she had returned from the Spirit Realm to seize humanity’s Great Fortune and transform into a true dragon. She brutally attacked the last surviving opponent, the Bai family Deity Transformation True Saint, who continued to taunt her.

• The Dragon Emperor easily blocked the three human Deity Transformation True Saints’ attacks and unleashed her water Domain of Laws.
• The Dragon Emperor used Water Imprisonment to trap the three opponents and swallowed the little girl and the old man in golden robe.
• The Bai family Deity Transformation True Saint deduced that the Dragon Emperor had ascended to the Spirit Realm and then returned to the Qianluo Realm.
• The Dragon Emperor said she wanted humanity’s Great Fortune to break free of her dragon body’s limits and become a true dragon.
• The Dragon Emperor struck the Bai family Deity Transformation True Saint repeatedly, but he called her a failure who had returned to bully those who had never ascended.

The Dragon Emperor trapped humanity’s three Spirit Transformation cultivators and began trying to refine them as human forces despaired. A mysterious black-robed person then confronted her, evaded her attacks, and summoned chains of Heavenly Punishment to stop her.

• The Dragon Emperor trapped the Bai family's Deity Transformation True Saint and humanity’s other two Spirit Transformation cultivators inside her domain.
• Human cultivators condemned the Three Immortal Islands for staying out of the war, while island disciples demanded that their Island Master act.
• The Island Master assured the disciples that someone would intervene, and a black-robed person appeared near the Dragon Emperor Palace.
• The black-robed person dodged the Dragon Emperor’s attacks and condemned her for returning from the Spirit Realm to Qianluo and disrupting the lower realm’s karma.
• The black-robed person summoned more chains of Heavenly Punishment, and the Dragon Emperor revealed her Dragon Clan true form to resist them.

Nameless subdued the Dragon Emperor and warned the survivors that the Spirit Realm was their true battlefield. After the senior cultivators withdrew, the Dragon Clan's Third Princess proposed rules for a limited war between the human race and the Sea Clan.

• Nameless revealed himself as the man who called himself Nameless, subdued the Dragon Emperor, and advised the old man in golden robe, the little girl, and the Bai Clan's Deity Transformation True Saint to go to the Spirit Realm.
• The three senior cultivators told Ao Haitian, Feng Jinhuang, and the other clan heads that the Dragon Emperor had been dealt with, refused to help eradicate the Sea Clan, and announced they would soon leave the Qianluo Realm.
• The Dragon Clan's Third Princess introduced herself as the true controller of the Dragon Emperor Palace and offered the nine great Aristocratic Clans a deal.
• The Third Princess proposed that both sides could continue fighting if high-level cultivators refrained from attacking low-level cultivators, with violators hunted by all sides together.

The human race and the Sea Clan signed an agreement that ended the sea demon beast tides and established rules for their ongoing conflict. Xu Chunniang helped clear Sea Clan forces from the route, and the cultivators eventually reached Wind Thunder Island with the crisis lifted.

• The Third Princess signed an agreement with the nine great Aristocratic Clans, banning powerful cultivators from wantonly massacring weaker ones and ceding sea territory to the human race.
• Xu Chunniang listened to cultivators debate the Sea Clan’s use of human golden cores and reflected on the battle at the Dragon Emperor Palace and the power of Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Xu Chunniang led her squad against the Ironclad Crocodiles, using circling tactics to kill the group and several hundred of their beasts over three days.
• Xu Chunniang and the other squads helped clear Sea Clan forces blocking the way, then joined battles against the Sea Clan as they pursued the warship.
• After four months of fighting along the route, Zhou Ruoying and the cultivators reached Wind Thunder Island, where the lifted crisis brought relief and celebration.

After the war against the Dragon Emperor Palace, Xu Chunniang collected her merits and sold the sea demon beasts she had slain. She bought a Nascent Soul Pill for her master and formation materials for her senior brother, then asked the Treasure Pavilion whether it had teleportation array diagrams.

• After returning to Wind Thunder Island, Xu Chunniang thanked her former team members and exchanged soul auras with the Golden Core cultivators before heading to the Merit Hall.
• Xu Chunniang spent two hundred thousand merit points on a Nascent Soul Pill for Yue Yanru and converted her remaining merits into Top-grade Spirit Stones for Little Orange and Little White.
• At the Treasure Pavilion, Xu Chunniang sold her sea demon beasts for two thousand three hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Chunniang bought formation books and array diagrams for four million eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones, then asked Steward Li whether the Treasure Pavilion had teleportation array diagrams.

Xu Chunniang obtained teleportation array diagrams from Steward Li and spent three years traveling from Wind Thunder Island to Juku Continent. After learning that the continent’s violent spiritual energy favored Body Cultivators and grew more chaotic farther northwest, she headed toward the teleportation hall to continue her journey.

• Xu Chunniang arranged to privately buy third-rank-and-below teleportation array diagrams from Steward Li for five million Spirit Stones.
• After obtaining the diagrams, Xu Chunniang left Wind Thunder Island and spent three years traveling among the islands on her way to Juku Continent.
• Xu Chunniang arrived on Juku Continent and observed that its spiritual energy was more violent and chaotic, while its cultivators were mostly Body Cultivators or cultivated both body and arts.
• A young broker told Xu Chunniang that the spiritual energy grew more violent northwestward, where high-level cultivators went to temper their bodies, and warned her that nearby sea demon beasts were especially fierce.
• Xu Chunniang paid the youth for his information and headed toward the teleportation hall, eager to travel northwest.

Xu Chunniang reached West Sea Island and learned that its violent spiritual energy drew Body Cultivators to train in specialized Body Tempering Chambers. After hearing about the rare Primordial Magnetic Divine Light in the West Sea, she asked Sister Sun to show her the chambers.

• Xu Chunniang traveled northwest across Juku Continent and arrived at West Sea Island, where the dense, violent spiritual energy tempered cultivators' bodies.
• Xu Chunniang noticed Foundation Establishment cultivators negotiating with Golden Core cultivators to rent Body Tempering Chambers.
• A Zhao Household man and Sister Sun competed to rent Xu Chunniang a chamber, and Sister Sun exposed his claim that his family's sea sites had Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
• Sister Sun told Xu Chunniang that Primordial Magnetic Divine Light could be found deep in the dangerous West Sea, where many cultivators had died seeking it.
• Xu Chunniang asked Sister Sun about the chambers, and Sister Sun led her to the Sun Household valley and described its forty-nine rooms.

Xu Chunniang rented three Body Tempering Chambers for herself and her spirit beasts on West Sea Island to strengthen them for the harsher journey ahead. In the Earth-grade room, she increased the spiritual energy to twelvefold intensity and cut off the link between her Violet Core and Spiritual Veins to keep the chaotic energy from reaching her dantian.

• Sister Sun showed Xu Chunniang the Mysterious-grade and Earth-grade Body Tempering Rooms, and Xu Chunniang tested their spiritual energy intensities.
• Xu Chunniang rented an Earth-grade room for herself and Mysterious-grade and Yellow-grade rooms for Little Orange and Little White for a month.
• Xu Chunniang warned the two beasts that the journey northwest would likely lead to harsher conditions, so they needed to grow stronger before crossing the West Sea.
• Xu Chunniang entered the Earth-grade room and raised its spiritual energy intensity from tenfold to twelvefold.
• As the violent energy invaded her body and threatened her Spiritual Veins, Xu Chunniang severed their connection to her Violet Core.

Xu Chunniang spent half a year tempering her body in West Sea Island’s Earth- and Heaven-grade chambers. The intense cultivation loosened her Golden Core Layer Eight realm, and she broke through to Golden Core Layer Nine.

• Xu Chunniang renewed her Earth-grade Body Tempering Chamber rental for another month after cultivating there for a month.
• Sun Muyun decided to seek Xu Chunniang’s favor, hoping to gain access to her resources, but she moved from the Earth-grade chamber into a Heaven-grade one before he could approach her.
• Xu Chunniang rented a Heaven-grade Body Tempering Room for four months and continued tempering her body.
• After leaving the chamber, Xu Chunniang reconnected her dantian to her Spiritual Veins and sensed that her cultivation was loosening.
• Xu Chunniang circulated the Tai Xu Xiaoyao Heart Sutra and used the Tai Xu Purple Qi to guide the violent spiritual energy into her dantian, breaking through to Golden Core Layer Nine.

After reaching the Peak Golden Core Realm, Xu Chunniang learned about the West Sea’s Spiritual Qi Storms and the dangers of sailing there. She decided to join the Sun Family’s fleet, which was set to depart in two days, and headed toward the shore with Sun Muyun.

• Xu Chunniang completed half a year of body tempering, broke through to the Peak Golden Core Realm, and left the cave dwelling.
• Sun Muyun told Xu Chunniang that the Spiritual Qi Storms weakened from April to September, making that the safest season for sailing and hunting sea demon beasts.
• Xu Chunniang learned that fleets needed Nascent Soul cultivators for protection and that passengers had to obey the captain’s commands.
• Xu Chunniang agreed to join the Sun Family’s fleet and paid Sun Muyun several Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Sun Muyun led Xu Chunniang west toward the shore, where dozens of sea vessels were moored.

Xu Chunniang joined the Sun Family fleet and was assigned a room aboard its third ship. Sun Muyun tried to win her sympathy with tales of hardship, but her pointed reference to his elder sister left him speechless and wary that she had seen through him.

• Sun Muyun showed Xu Chunniang the Sun Family fleet and recommended Fourth Madam’s ship as the easiest to get along with.
• Xu Chunniang registered to sail, gave her name and Golden Core Layer Seven cultivation, and paid ten High-grade Spirit Stones for a ship talisman.
• Sun Muyun offered to guide Xu Chunniang to her room, while she suspected his friendliness concealed a scheme.
• Sun Muyun explained that he could sail despite his Foundation Establishment cultivation because the fleet needed workers, then complained about his difficult life in the clan.
• Xu Chunniang said Sun Muyun’s elder sister had borne an even greater burden, and his expression froze as he wondered whether she had seen through him.

Xu Chunniang spent the voyage studying formation manuals in hopes of finding a way to refine the ancient formation disk and break the inherited Jade Slip. After emerging from seclusion, she learned the fleet had split up and rejected Sun Muyun’s intrusive concern as she prepared to face the West Sea on her own.

• Xu Chunniang secured her cabin, then studied the formation manuals she had collected while the Sun Family fleet sailed north from West Sea Island.
• The fleet’s Golden Core cultivators killed the sea demon beasts they encountered, while disputes over the spoils required the Sun Family to intervene.
• Sun Muyun knocked on Xu Chunniang’s door to urge her to hunt sea demon beasts, but she did not respond because she was focused on her manuals.
• After reading her collection and resting, Xu Chunniang emerged to find that only one of the fleet’s five ships remained and its Golden Core cultivators were forming teams.
• Xu Chunniang told Sun Muyun that forming a team was unnecessary for her and asked why he was paying such close attention to her affairs.