Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen encouraged Su Li to keep cultivating despite the Moon Eclipse Curse, and she resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside him. Su Li then used her Witch Rune talent to make nine Black Abyss Blood Escape Evasion Talismans, and Xiao Chen gave her three before preparing to leave the island.

• Xiao Chen told Su Li to defy fate and cultivate toward Spirit Transformation rather than blame herself for the Moon Eclipse Curse, renewing her resolve to pursue the Witch Tribe Secret Method.
• Xiao Chen spent two days relaxing with Su Li on Secluded Doom Island, then asked her to use her Witch Rune skills to make talismans from his materials.
• Su Li ruined the first talisman while Xiao Chen watched, so she sent him away and finished the remaining work in private during the Spiritual Qi Tide.
• Su Li completed nine talismans from the remaining materials, astonishing Xiao Chen with her talent and earning his praise.
• Su Li declined to keep any talismans, but Xiao Chen gave her three anyway so he would worry less while away.

Xiao Chen returned to the New Cultivation World to deliver spiritual items to the Rebellious Immortal Alliance and learned from Zhang Cunfu that a major purge had devastated one of its branches. After handing Zhang Cunfu the goods and instructions for future trade, Xiao Chen asked about rising defensive Spirit Tool prices, and Zhang Cunfu suspected the coming Great Purge was behind the unusual increase.

• Xiao Chen left Secluded Doom Island, crossed into the New Cultivation World from a distant Desolate Island, and traveled to Gui Yun Market.
• Xiao Chen noticed that defensive Spirit Tools had become scarcer and more expensive while waiting for Zhang Cunfu near Dark Alley.
• Zhang Cunfu learned that the Evergreen Sect had purged a Rebellious Immortal Alliance branch in Song Shan Blessed Land, killing or capturing its members and arresting suspected accomplices.
• Zhang Cunfu found Xiao Chen's Secret Mark and met him in Dark Alley, then reported the purge and its aftermath.
• Xiao Chen gave Zhang Cunfu a Storage Ring of spiritual items for the Rebellious Immortal Alliance and set new terms for future orders, including a fifty-percent deposit.
• Zhang Cunfu told Xiao Chen that defensive Spirit Tool prices were rising unusually quickly and guessed the increase was related to the coming Great Purge.

Xiao Chen learned about Ze Realm’s Failed Pill industry and its Killing Intent-tainted Pill Melting Malevolent Qi, then sent Chen Fan to sell spiritual materials and gave him spirit beast meat. At the Cai Family residence, Xiao Chen saw a mother and daughter seeking justice over their seized Spirit Fields and summoned the Patriarch to handle the dispute discreetly.

• Xiao Chen gave Zhang Cunfu thirty-one surplus Spirit Tools to sell and asked him for a list of cheap spiritual materials.
• Xu Dayou’s wife explained Metal Stone Pill Refining, the work of Pill Collectors, and how Killing Intent from an earth fissure tainted recovered Failed Pills.
• Xiao Chen learned the Killing Intent was called Pill Melting Malevolent Qi and considered collecting some for later use.
• Chen Fan promised to sell spiritual materials among the Wasteland Rogue Cultivators, and Xiao Chen gave him a thousand jin of crab meat.
• Xiao Chen hurried to the Cai Family to check for a message about the Custom Spirit Tool, then found a mother and daughter petitioning over their seized Spirit Fields.
• Xiao Chen sent a voice transmission to the Cai Family Patriarch, asking him to come resolve the dispute.

Xiao Chen learned why the Cai Family had sent Cai Youzhu into a perilous land and resolved to seek a chance to observe Alchemist Zhao refining a Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pill. He and Master Cai traveled to the Ze Realm Blessed Land, arriving at dawn to make their visit.

• Master Cai told Xiao Chen that Cai Youzhu had gone missing in a perilous land after the previous patriarch sent clan disciples there to repay a debt.
• Master Cai punished the clansmen who had tried to seize Cai Youzhu’s wife and child’s Spirit Field, then brought Xiao Wan to thank Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen asked Master Cai to obtain Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pills, but learned the Cai Family had neither many pills nor the secret recipe.
• Master Cai explained that Alchemist Zhao of Gui Yun Sect might allow them to observe him refining a pill if they brought a valuable gift.
• Xiao Chen and Master Cai set out for the Ze Realm Blessed Land and arrived near it at sunrise.

Xiao Chen visited the Gui Yun Sect’s Ze Realm Blessed Land and used Alchemist Zhao’s demonstration to learn the Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pill recipe. He returned to Secluded Doom Island in time for the Moon Eclipse, where he and Su Li watched an inheritance scene depicting the Moon Witch Tribe hunting enormous sea fish.

• Master Cai brought Xiao Chen into the Ze Realm Blessed Land and introduced him to Alchemist Zhao as a Cai Family Pill Dao genius.
• Alchemist Zhao refused to let Xiao Chen into the Pill Room but agreed to demonstrate two second-order pills in the courtyard after receiving a fourth-order Water Spirit Pearl.
• Xiao Chen watched Zhao refine the Two Reforms Qi Boosting Pill and the Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pill, then reconstructed both recipes with Alchemist's Heart and discovered that Soul-Shocking Grass helped the latter overcome the Spiritual Sense hurdle.
• Xiao Chen left the blessed land, traversed back to the Compassion Sea, and reached Secluded Doom Island shortly before the Moon Eclipse; Su Li greeted him and joined him for the ritual.
• Xiao Chen and Su Li watched the Moon Witch Tribe's inheritance scene, which showed the tribe sacrificing to the moon and hunting enormous sea fish, including a grouper, a Red Flower Crab, a Sailfish, and an Axehead Fish.

Xiao Chen witnessed the Moon Witch Tribe surrender Blood Crystals to a white-robed cultivator wielding the Treasure Collecting Yellow Gourd, then spent more than twenty days cultivating spells and refining Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pills on Secluded Doom Island. He returned to Gui Yun Market to resume business and found new Wanted Notices, including one seeking information about a mysterious Medicine Thief Rat.

• A white-robed cultivator used the Treasure Collecting Yellow Gourd to collect the Moon Witch Tribe’s attacks, then accepted three Blood Crystals from the High Priest and returned the captured Witch Artifacts.
• After the Moon Eclipse ended, Su Li gave Xiao Chen a Blood Crystal to store, and Xiao Chen prepared a mountain hollow as a temporary Pill Room.
• Xiao Chen bought ingredients at Azure Sea Market, refined Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pills, and used Azure Jade Lotus Seeds to advance two spells to minor mastery.
• After more than twenty days on Secluded Doom Island, Xiao Chen left to meet Zhang Cunfu and continue earning Spirit Stones from the Rebellious Immortal Alliance.
• At Gui Yun Market, Xiao Chen saw six new Wanted Notices, including notices for five robbers and the unidentified Medicine Thief Rat.

Xiao Chen learned that the Wanted Notice for Medicine Thief Rat had exposed Chen Fan to suspicion that he was harvesting herbs from hidden Spirit Fields, and he searched the wilderness to find him. Chen Fan and the Xu family hid in an underground cave, but their host betrayed them to Gui Yun Sect cultivators, leaving them trapped and preparing to fight.

• Xiao Chen noticed Medicine Thief Rat's eighty-thousand-Spirit-Stone bounty and completed a new Rebellious Immortal Alliance order through Zhang Cunfu.
• Zhang Cunfu warned Xiao Chen that freshly harvested herbs sold by Medicine Thief Rat suggested hidden Spirit Fields, and Xiao Chen realized Chen Fan was in danger.
• Xiao Chen found Xu Dayou's abandoned courtyard, searched the wilderness, and deciphered Chen Fan's Heaven Star Sect contact code.
• Chen Fan and the three Xu Family members hid in an underground cave, where Wang treated them hospitably while concealing his intentions.
• Wang led three Gui Yun Sect Golden Core cultivators to the cave and identified Chen Fan and his companions, trapping them inside.
• Xu Dayou confronted Wang over his betrayal, while Chen Fan gathered Star Energy and prepared to fight their way out.

Chen Fan tried to help the Xu Family escape after Gui Yun Sect hunted him down, but True Lord Hua Jian captured and crippled him. Xiao Chen arrived to rescue Chen Fan, and his attempt to negotiate with Hua Jian failed, leaving the two Nascent Soul cultivators on the verge of a fight.

• Chen Fan sent Xu Dayou, Xu Qingyi, and Xu Dayou's wife fleeing while he fought the Gui Yun Sect disciples alone.
• Chen Fan wounded two disciples in succession, but his resources ran low and he could not break through their coordinated defenses.
• True Lord Hua Jian arrived, crippled Chen Fan with sword qi, and prepared to take him away.
• Xiao Chen followed Chen Fan's Secret Mark and arrived, but Hua Jian rejected his offer to take Chen Fan and keep the encounter secret.
• Xiao Chen attacked Hua Jian with six Azure Wave Piercing Bone Needles, which first splashed against Hua Jian's Thick Rock Shield and then pierced it on a second strike.

Xiao Chen defeated Hua Jian True Monarch after surviving the Li Huo Divine Light Curse, helped Chen Fan choose to leave for the Holy City, and escaped back to the Compassion Sea after removing a tracking mark. He began trying to open Hua Jian True Monarch’s Storage Ring, then returned to Secluded Doom Island and asked Su Li what gift she wanted for the Lantern Festival.

• Hua Jian True Monarch wounded Xiao Chen with the Li Huo Divine Light Curse, but Xiao Chen counterattacked with the Sky-rushing Palm and killed him after his Nascent Soul tried to flee.
• Xiao Chen collected Hua Jian True Monarch’s belongings, healed Chen Fan, and gave him five hundred thousand Spirit Stones after Chen Fan decided to go to the Holy City.
• Xiao Chen used Clear Wind Dust Cleansing Dew to remove a tracking mark, then avoided Gui Yun Market and returned to the Compassion Sea.
• Xiao Chen found Hua Jian True Monarch’s Storage Ring difficult to open because its restrictions repaired themselves, and considered asking Su Li for help after giving her a Lantern Festival gift.
• Xiao Chen returned to Secluded Doom Island and asked Su Li what she wanted as a gift, and she said she hoped he would spend time with her on the island.

Xiao Chen helped Su Li practice Witch Runes, then had her break the restriction on True Lord Hua Jian's Storage Ring and examined its contents. He found valuable spiritual items and intelligence from the Holy City warning that the Rebellious Immortal Alliance was preparing a large-scale attack led by Su Bai.

• Xiao Chen prepared spiritual materials for Su Li as she practiced drawing Witch Runes, and she later removed the restriction from True Lord Hua Jian's Storage Ring.
• Xiao Chen found Spirit Stones, Double Jade, spiritual items, Spirit Fish, a Great Red Ginseng, and Dye Gold Room Ink in the ring, then gave the ink to Su Li.
• Su Li speculated that Xiao Chen had fled his distant homeland after a family tragedy and felt sympathy for him, while Xiao Chen could not understand her change in mood.
• Xiao Chen read a Holy City briefing that warned of the impending Immortal Selection Festival, unrest in the Northern Territory, and a suspected Rebellious Immortal Alliance attack commanded by Su Bai.

Xiao Chen considered the dangers facing the New Cultivation World before enjoying a meal with Su Li, unaware that the Ze Realm Blessed Land was in turmoil over True Lord Hua Jian’s death. The local True Lords investigated the ambush, suspected one another, and debated who was behind it before agreeing to report it as retaliation by the Rebellious Immortal Alliance.

• Xiao Chen weighed the Northern Territory anomalies, the approaching Great Purge, and a possible attack on Gui Yun Market, then chose to share Third-tier Spirit Fish with Su Li.
• Giant Hammer True Lord reached the battlefield and found signs of a swift fight and Gui Yun Sect casualties, while Caiyun True Monarch suspected him because he was there without True Lord Hua Jian.
• The Ze Realm True Lords investigated the scene, discovered True Lord Hua Jian had died, and questioned Three Dragon True Lord for arriving late.
• True Lord Lan Yun matched the fire-method traces to an earlier battle and suggested an unfamiliar powerful cultivator might have been involved, prompting speculation about the Holy City and the Mo Family.
• Gui Yun True Monarch led the True Lords in agreeing to report Hua Jian’s death as a Rebellious Immortal Alliance ambush, and they signed the report.

The Rebellious Immortal Alliance withdrew its planned attack on Gui Yun Market after True Lord Hua Jian was killed, while the Holy City delayed its investigation ahead of the Immortal Selection Festival. In the Compassion Sea, Xiao Chen learned he was known as Zhen Hai True Lord and hunted down a Great Demon, obtaining rare Illusionary Form Color-Changing Powder.

• True Lord Su Bai canceled the Alliance’s attack plans, ordered his forces to scatter and withdraw, and sent the Qi Brothers to investigate an anomaly in the Northern Territory.
• Seven Crane True Monarch and Manager Sun received reports that True Lord Hua Jian had been killed by a powerful attacker; Venerable Hong Lei told Manager Sun not to act rashly, and Manager Sun dispatched a team to investigate Ze Realm Blessed Land.
• Xiao Chen discovered that cultivators called him Zhen Hai True Lord and changed his plans after seeing a notice about a Great Demon that had attacked a spirit ship.
• Xiao Chen searched the marked sea region for sixteen days before finding the disguised Sea Fish and killing it with Azure Wave Piercing Bone Needles.
• Xiao Chen collected Illusionary Form Color-Changing Powder from the demon and gave Zen Master Jing Hua the rest of its body before returning to his shopping.

Xiao Chen acquired a larger fragment of the Star Sand Wave Stabilizing Shield, received an invitation to Ming Xiao True Monarch’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, and returned to Gui Yun Market after avoiding the first round of investigations. He learned that Holy City had sent eight Nascent Soul True Lords to investigate and that Zhang Cunfu needed help bribing an Internal Affairs Elder.

• Ink Hidden True Person brought Tian Ergou to Xiao Chen, who exchanged Tian Ergou’s Star Sand Wave Stabilizing Shield fragment for two million Spirit Stones and arranged protection for him.
• Cloud Cliff True Person delivered an invitation to Ming Xiao True Monarch’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, and Xiao Chen said he would attend if nothing unexpected happened.
• Xiao Chen stayed on Secluded Doom Island with Su Li for several days, then crossed to the New Cultivation World and waited for his Spiritual Pattern to recharge before heading to Gui Yun Market.
• Xiao Chen saw a new Wanted Notice naming the unknown Nascent Soul cultivator Sword Breaking Devil Lord and met Zhang Cunfu, who reported that Holy City’s investigation team included eight Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Zhang Cunfu told Xiao Chen that Gui Yun Sect had arrested cultivators during its investigation and asked him for help finding a valuable gift to appease the Internal Affairs Elder reviewing the warehouse accounts.

Xiao Chen delayed his next Rebellious Immortal Alliance trade until spring, then spent three months on Secluded Doom Island refining Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pills. He returned to Azure Sea Market and began a public test of the pills before Compassion Sea’s major factions, leaving ten disciples preparing to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Xiao Chen promised Zhang Cunfu a Fourth-Order Water Spirit Fruit to settle his investigation trouble and arranged another meeting, then learned the Rebellious Immortal Alliance wanted to postpone its next delivery until spring.
• At the Cai Family Ancestral Home, Xiao Chen heard that Master Cai’s daughter had been widowed after Fourth Young Master Qian died in the Northern Territory, and he considered using the Cai Family to build a false identity.
• Xiao Chen accepted the Alliance’s request to delay the transaction until spring in exchange for an additional million Spirit Stones, while insisting that the deposit be paid in full.
• Xiao Chen returned to Secluded Doom Island and refined one hundred batches of Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pills, accumulating six hundred pills before deciding to sell them among Compassion Sea’s factions.
• Xiao Chen summoned representatives from the major factions to Azure Sea Market and proposed testing the pills by giving ten Iron Fan Immortal Sect disciples over fifty a pill each.
• Iron Fan True Monarch selected ten Qi Refining Great Perfection disciples, and the gathered True Lords and Zen Masters watched as they prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment.

Xiao Chen’s Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pills enabled all ten chosen disciples to break through, astonishing the assembled cultivators and prompting them to purchase the remaining supply. He stayed at Azure Sea Immortal Sect for the coming Nascent Soul ceremony, gained insights from fellow cultivators, and advanced his Azure Wave Piercing Bone Needle spell to complete integration.

• Iron Fan True Monarch proposed a wager on how many disciples would succeed at Foundation Establishment, and Xiao Chen confidently predicted nine.
• All ten disciples successfully established their foundations, stunning Yunfeng True Monarch, Zen Master Jing Hua, and the other observers.
• Xiao Chen sold the remaining 590 Clear Dew Foundation Establishment Pills to the gathered factions for 10,000 Spirit Stones each, earning 5.9 million Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Chen stayed at Azure Sea Immortal Sect and learned from a month of cultivation discussions before withdrawing from the banquets to practice his spell.
• Xiao Chen advanced the Azure Wave Piercing Bone Needle to complete integration, increasing its number of needles to nine and greatly strengthening their piercing power.

Xiao Chen met Chu Tianze, who brought him a genuine fragment of the Star Sand Wave Stabilizing Shield and news of a larger piece lost in the Earth Dragon Relic. Chu Tianze hoped to obtain a Barrier Breaking Flag to enter the relic, and Xiao Chen revealed he already had one and offered it to him.

• Xiao Chen emerged from seclusion, saw preparations for the Nascent Soul Ceremony, and learned that cultivators from major sects had arrived in large numbers.
• Iron Fan True Monarch told Xiao Chen that Chu Tianze had been waiting for him, so Xiao Chen went to meet him on a side peak.
• Chu Tianze showed Xiao Chen a small fragment of the Star Sand Wave Stabilizing Shield, which Xiao Chen confirmed was genuine and especially valuable.
• Chu Tianze explained that the same cultivation family had once possessed a larger fragment, but its former patriarch lost it inside the Earth Dragon Relic.
• Chu Tianze asked Xiao Chen to help him obtain a Barrier Breaking Flag so he could enter the Earth Dragon Relic, and Xiao Chen revealed he already had one from Tong Kui and offered it to him.

Xiao Chen attended Ming Xiao True Monarch’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, then joined the young cultivators of the six major Daoist Sects and Zhang Shouquan to investigate a six-and-a-half-year rain in the southeast. The group reached the affected Outer Sea and found gray skies, lifeless waters, and corroded fish bones, leaving the cause of the phenomenon unresolved.

• Xiao Chen gave Chu Tianze one hundred thousand Spirit Stones and a Barrier Breaking Flag, urged him to stay safe in the Earth Dragon Relic, and watched him depart.
• The Azure Sea Immortal Sect held Ming Xiao True Monarch’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, where Xiao Chen and Ming Xiao exchanged praise and the guests watched contests and performances.
• After the ceremony, Crane Cry True Monarch and the other sect representatives reminded Xiao Chen of their plan to investigate the strange southeastern weather, and they agreed to depart together.
• Xiao Chen, the young representatives of the six major Daoist Sects, and Zhang Shouquan traveled aboard four spirit ships toward the Outer Sea, detouring around Frost Condensing Mist Lock.
• The group reached the affected region after more than half a month and found lead-gray clouds, no living sea creatures, and corroded fish bones on a deserted island.

Xiao Chen and the other Nascent Soul cultivators investigated a corrosive rainstorm linked to a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon, discovering strange voices and a vast field of Sea Race formations at its center. The chapter ended with the group reaching an island-like mass of iron pillars and recognizing the Sea Race Formation Bases.

• Xiao Chen led the fleet to inspect a huge Golden Core Sea Fish skeleton, whose recent corrosion suggested the surrounding waters were dangerous.
• The fleet entered rain that eroded Spiritual Power, and Xiao Chen determined that the rain itself contained a special kind of Spiritual Power associated with a pollution source.
• Xiao Chen halted the Spirit Boats and led the other True Lords into the storm, where they endured increasingly dense rain and heard broken, disturbing voices.
• After the rain curtain ended, Xiao Chen saw damaged Array Foundations floating around an oval island covered in layers of iron pillars.
• Rift Void True Monarch recognized the Formation Patterns on the Array Foundations as belonging to the Sea Race.

Xiao Chen and the other True Monarchs explored an island built from rusted Demon Suppressing Pillars and discovered remnants of a Sea Race formation and an ancient warning. While the group investigated the island’s center, a strange voice targeted Zhang Shouquan with promises of power and urged him to secretly reach it first.

• Rift Void True Monarch identified the Array Foundations as Sea Race Formation Bases, and the group wondered why demonic whispers had appeared alongside them.
• The True Monarchs heard different whispers promising them treasures or breakthroughs and urging them to separate, but they dismissed the deception and continued together.
• Xiao Chen noticed the island’s iron pillars grew more damaged toward the center and found increasing numbers of shattered Sea Race Formation Bases.
• The group found a broken tablet warning that the island was forbidden and referring to Demon Suppressing Pillars; Xiao Chen discovered serial numbers and the words “Demon Suppressing” on an intact pillar.
• Zhang Shouquan silently resented the sect cultivators after realizing he could not read the Ancient Spirit Script, and a strange voice exploited his bitterness by promising power and urging him to reach the island’s center alone.

Zhang Shouquan heard a living Demonic Beast calling to him and warned Xiao Chen before leaving the island. Xiao Chen and the other True Lords found the creature imprisoned beneath the island, where it subdued six of them with an illusion and then tried to tempt Xiao Chen into freeing it.

• Zhang Shouquan suspected a Spirit Transmutation Demon Venerable was speaking to him, warned Xiao Chen and the other True Lords, and left the island alone.
• Xiao Chen dismissed the warning as uncertain, and the group entered a narrow passage that led to a circular hall with thirty-six Everlasting Lamps.
• A powerful ancient Demonic Beast appeared above the central platform and urged the True Lords to extinguish the lamps and free it.
• The Demonic Beast's illusion incapacitated six True Lords, who attacked Xiao Chen, but he shielded himself and restrained them without harming them.
• After its illusion failed, the Demonic Beast changed its appearance and offered Xiao Chen a Primal Demonic Pearl, then proposed that they kill every other cultivator and divide the spoils.