Chapter Summaries

Peng Mi slaughtered and overpowered Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples in Kunhe Hall, forcing Song Qinglian to attack the injured Qin Fuzi. Fang Xuan arrived seeking the Sea King Fruit, and after Peng Mi refused to hand it over, Fang Xuan threatened to kill him.

• Peng Mi killed Elder Cheng and defeated Qin Fuzi, while Song Qinglian begged for his life.
• Peng Mi ordered Song Qinglian to kill Qin Fuzi in exchange for his freedom, and Song Qinglian approached him with a dagger.
• Fang Xuan entered Kunhe Hall asking for the Sea King Fruit, giving Qin Fuzi a chance to knock the dagger away and retreat.
• Peng Mi revealed the Sea King Fruit and asked what Fang Xuan would offer for it.
• Fang Xuan demanded the fruit and threatened to grind Peng Mi's bones to dust if he refused.

Fang Xuan severed Peng Mi’s hand and killed Song Qinglian after Song Qinglian tried to attack Qin Fuzi from behind. Peng Mi regenerated his hand, transformed using his ferocious beast bloodline, and clashed with Fang Xuan, whose Dragon Whale Technique stunned Qin Fuzi.

• Peng Mi charged Fang Xuan, who cut off Peng Mi’s hand with a swift saber strike.
• Fang Xuan urged Qin Fuzi and the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples to leave, and Qin Fuzi thanked him as they withdrew.
• Song Qinglian tried to stab Qin Fuzi from behind, but Fang Xuan caught him and crushed his skull.
• Peng Mi regrew his hand, praised Fang Xuan as a worthy opponent, and transformed into a monstrous form using his ferocious beast bloodline.
• Fang Xuan activated his own power and traded punches with Peng Mi, shaking the hall apart.
• Qin Fuzi recognized the scarlet force around Fang Xuan as the Dragon Whale Technique.

Fang Xuan defeated Peng Mi in the ruins of Kunhe Hall and secured the Sea King Fruit. As the Bone Asuras battled in the center of the ancient city, Fang Xuan considered how the fruit could strengthen his Mount Meru Dragon Whale King avatar.

• Qin Fuzi recognized the Dragon Whale force in the scarlet tornadoes, then led the injured Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples out of the city without the Sea King Fruit.
• Peng Mi attacked Fang Xuan, and their clash showed that Peng Mi's strength nearly matched Fang Xuan's.
• Fang Xuan used his dragon pressure to stun Peng Mi and struck him down before he could complete his transformation.
• Fang Xuan killed Peng Mi with his blade and took the Sea King Fruit.
• Fang Xuan considered the fruit's use for his avatar and looked toward the Bone Asuras fighting in the city center.

Fang Xuan tried to flee the ancient city as the Lotus Moon Demon Sect summoned the Buddha Mother, whose terrifying arrival froze the battlefield. He rescued Zhao Yu Ming, Zhao Zhuzhu, and Gu Chang from their attackers and whisked them away with Whale Leap.

• Fang Xuan judged the battle for the divine treasure too dangerous and prepared to leave the ancient city.
• The Buddha Mother began descending from the black clouds, filling the city with an overwhelming evil aura.
• Fang Xuan spotted Zhao Yu Ming wounded and guarding Spirit Cleansing Grass while Zhao Zhuzhu and Gu Chang faced powerful enemies.
• Fang Xuan struck the enemies surrounding Zhao Yu Ming, Zhao Zhuzhu, and Gu Chang with Whale Tyrant Killing Fist, crushing them.
• Fang Xuan seized the three and used Whale Leap to escape the ancient city with them.

Fang Xuan escaped the ancient city with Zhao Yu Ming, Zhao Zhuzhu, and Gu Chang, then rode a young Mount Meru Dragon Whale King away from the ruins. At Nefarious Dragon Abyss, True Mark revealed that the Dragon-Locking Nails would release in three days and departed as a black dragon toward the East Sea, while an enormous presence tore through the sky above Fang Xuan.

• Fang Xuan carried Zhao Yu Ming, Zhao Zhuzhu, and Gu Chang out of the ancient city as black mist engulfed it, and Zhao Yu Ming thanked him before leaving with the others on a summoned black crane.
• Fang Xuan rode the young Mount Meru Dragon Whale King through the sea to put distance between himself and the Ancient Ruins City.
• At Nefarious Dragon Abyss, True Mark told the imprisoned sect master that the Dragon-Locking Nails would release themselves in three days and ordered him to command the Azure Sea Cloud Sect if she did not return.
• True Mark transformed into a black dragon and flew toward the East Sea, while the imprisoned sect master watched her departure and wondered whether she had returned the sect to him.
• Fang Xuan surfaced on the dragon whale, and he looked up when something enormous tore through the sky.

Fang Xuan witnessed a battle between a black true dragon and another colossal being before using the Sea King Fruit to strengthen his Mount Meru Dragon Whale King avatar. After seven days, the avatar gained immense size and the Mount Meru Breath bloodline ability, and Fang Xuan returned to Azure Sea Cloud Sect.

• Fang Xuan saw a black true dragon attack the Ancient Ruins City, which sank beneath the sea after a fierce battle with Qingyue.
• Fang Xuan searched an uninhabited island and fed the Sea King Fruit to his Mount Meru Dragon Whale King avatar.
• Over seven days, the avatar grew from four zhang to nine zhang and condensed a Demon Core.
• Fang Xuan tested the avatar's strength as it shattered a cliff and used Mount Meru Breath to blast a deep abyss through the sea.
• Fang Xuan rode the avatar back toward Azure Sea Cloud Sect and arrived at the fog-covered Immortal Islands.

Fang Xuan returned to the Azure Sea Cloud Sect, learned that Fang Li had joined the Dragon Whale Army and helped turn its fortunes around, and decided to go back to support him. After turning down Xu Keqing’s plea to become his servant, Fang Xuan reunited with his Ninth Courtyard companions and gave Zhao Yu Ming an excuse for his absence.

• Fang Xuan heard disciples discuss the Azure Sea Cloud Sect’s heavy losses and the Dragon Whale Army’s worsening position before Fang Li helped it recover through a surprise assault.
• Fang Xuan decided to leave the sect and return to the Dragon Whale Army after learning Fang Li was there and judging that his own cultivation preparations were complete.
• Xu Keqing asked Fang Xuan to take her on as a servant, but he advised her to become strong on her own and left for the Ninth Courtyard.
• Fang Xuan reunited with Lin Da, Zhao Yu Ming, Gu Chang, Zhao Zhuzhu, and the others, who welcomed him to breakfast and mentioned a treasure Zhao Yu Ming had saved for him.
• Fang Xuan claimed he had spent the past few days pursuing a breakthrough but had failed, and Zhao Yu Ming began boasting about his exploits at the East Sea ruins.

Zhao Yu Ming gave Fang Xuan the Spirit Cleansing Grass he had risked his life to obtain, strengthening Fang Xuan’s sense of belonging to the sect. The next day, Sect Master Zhuang Changdao emerged from seclusion to convene an assembly, leaving the disciples wondering what had prompted his return.

• Zhao Yu Ming gave Fang Xuan the Spirit Cleansing Grass and urged him to keep cultivating, while Fang Xuan thanked him and felt accepted by the Ninth Courtyard.
• Zhao Yu Ming told Fang Xuan that the Sect Master had called a sect assembly at the Mountain Gate plaza for the following day.
• Fang Xuan inspected the register and learned that raising the Crimson King Eyes further required gaining prestige, then continued cultivating at Whale Nurturing Lake.
• Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples and elders gathered at the Mountain Gate and speculated about Sect Master Zhuang Changdao’s return and the recent events at Ancient Ruins City.
• Zhuang Changdao arrived at the Mountain Gate with Qin Tianzhong following him, and the assembled sect members saluted the Sect Master.

Zhuang Changdao resumed control of the Azure Sea Cloud Sect and revealed that a True Mark Black Dragon had imprisoned generations of sect masters, but Fifth Qingyue interrupted him and took command of the assembly. She declared the dragon destroyed and announced that the sect would join the Sea Province battlefield against the Lotus Moon Demon Sect.

• Zhuang Changdao mourned the sect’s losses at Ancient Ruins City and urged the disciples to grow stronger.
• Zhuang Changdao revealed that the True Mark Black Dragon had once been suppressed by the sect’s founders, later escaped, and secretly imprisoned successive sect masters.
• Fifth Qingyue appeared, ordered Zhuang Changdao to yield the foremost seat, and quieted the disciples with a gesture.
• Fang Xuan sensed a trace of the True Mark Black Dragon’s aura from Fifth Qingyue.
• Fifth Qingyue declared that the True Mark Black Dragon had perished and announced that the nine courtyards would send forces to the Sea Province battlefield to target the Lotus Moon Demon Sect.

Fifth Qingyue sent Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples to join the campaign against the Lotus Moon Demon Sect, and Fang Xuan joined Ji Yuchen’s squad bound for Man-Slaughter City. As the squad traveled across the sea, Fang Xuan planned to assess the demon sect’s forces while Ji Yuchen prepared to make a name for himself by destroying them.

• Fifth Qingyue ordered the Nine Great Courtyards to form elite squads and attack Lotus Moon Demon Sect members across Sea Province.
• Fang Xuan was assigned to Ji Yuchen’s squad alongside Gu Chang and Zhao Zhuzhu, with a mission to kill Zhang Hao Cheng’s forces and rescue Man-Slaughter City.
• Fang Xuan, Gu Chang, and Zhao Zhuzhu joked together as the squad left Azure Sea Cloud Sect aboard a flying shuttle cloudship.
• Fang Xuan considered Sea Province’s rival armies and the Lotus Moon Demon Sect’s alliance with the Hai Province King, then resolved to use the mission to gauge the sect’s lower ranks.
• Ji Yuchen anticipated crushing the enemy forces and building his reputation, while his hatred of their crimes made him eager for battle.

Ji Yuchen led Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples to Xinhua City to investigate the Lotus Moon Demon Sect’s presence and met the retired disciple Wang Mingxiao, who offered to host them. As the group entered the city, Fang Xuan remained wary of Wang, and they witnessed pale residents following black-robed figures while chanting about the Buddha Mother.

• Ji Yuchen and his team arrived outside Xinhua City, a city controlled by the Hai Province King and scarred by the Xinhua Seven Massacres Incident.
• Fang Xuan suggested entering at night to investigate, but Ji Yuchen said the Lotus Moon Demon Sect’s strongest fighters were on the front lines and that an old friend would meet them.
• Wang Mingxiao, a retired Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciple, came from the city to greet Ji Yuchen and invited the team to his residence to discuss the situation.
• Fang Xuan cautioned Zhao Zhuzhu and Gu Chang not to assume Wang Mingxiao was loyal based on his welcoming words.
• The team entered Xinhua City and saw shut shops, numb residents, and a line of pale-faced commoners following two black-robed figures while chanting about sacrificing to the Buddha Mother.

Fang Xuan learned that the Lotus Moon Holy Sect had gained a following in Xinhua City after a mysterious plague, and he suspected the Wang residence was connected to them. When a hooded procession appeared outside at midnight, he launched into action.

• Wang Mingxiao told Ji Yuchen and the disciples that war and a plague had devastated Xinhua City before the Lotus Moon Holy Sect arrived and won over nearly half the population.
• Ji Yuchen declared that he would purge the Lotus Moon Demon Sect, while Fang Xuan noticed incense ash on Wang Mingxiao’s cuffs.
• Fang Xuan warned Zhao Zhuzhu and Gu Chang to stay awake and follow his orders, but Ji Yuchen dismissed his suspicions about Wang Mingxiao.
• At midnight, hooded figures carrying incense passed through the alley, chanting “Rebirth in Paradise.”
• Fang Xuan opened his dark golden eyes and used “Whale Leap” to disappear from the side room.

Fang Xuan followed Wang Mingxiao and a procession of black-robed followers to a strange ceremony at the City God Temple, where the White-Robed Bishop preached renunciation while collecting offerings. The Bishop blamed a desperate mother’s greed, wrath, and delusion for her infant’s illness, then told her to offer herself to Buddha Mother and tossed her a dagger.

• Fang Xuan watched Wang Mingxiao sneak out in black robes and followed the procession into Xinhua City.
• Fang Xuan joined the followers at the City God Temple and saw them worship a golden female bodhisattva statue.
• The White-Robed Bishop cut an old woman’s hair, took her funeral savings, and promised Buddha Mother would bless her.
• A woman pleaded with the White-Robed Bishop to save her sick infant, Xiao Bao, after holy water failed to help him.
• The White-Robed Bishop blamed the woman’s greed, wrath, and delusion, told her to offer herself to Buddha Mother, and tossed a dagger before her.

Fang Xuan interrupted the White-Robed Bishop’s attempt to force a grieving mother to kill herself, then slaughtered the Lotus Moon Demon Sect disciples and the hostile worshippers in the City God Temple. He gave the woman a chance to defy the Buddha Mother, and she ended the chapter striking the statue while holding her infant.

• The White-Robed Bishop pressured a woman to kill herself so her swaddled infant could live, while his cultists chanted for her to die.
• Fang Xuan severed the White-Robed Bishop’s arm and confronted him, prompting Wang Mingxiao to recognize Fang Xuan as Long Jing of the Azure Sea Cloud Sect.
• Fang Xuan invoked Fellow Traveler and killed the attacking Lotus Moon Demon Sect disciples before killing the White-Robed Bishop.
• Fang Xuan uprooted the Buddha Mother statue and offered to spare anyone who smashed it, but the commoners condemned him instead.
• Fang Xuan killed the commoners, then handed the woman his blade and invited her to strike the statue; she slashed it while holding her infant.

Fang Xuan rescued a poisoned infant, exposed Wang Mingxiao as a traitor, and learned of an ambush planned for Ji Yuchen and the others. He headed out to turn the plot against Xinhua City, while Wang Mingxiao reported back to Zhao Yueming, who remained unaware of the deception.

• Fang Xuan destroyed the Buddha Mother statue and used his Crimson King Eyes to draw a black insect from the infant, restoring Xiao Bao to health.
• Fang Xuan used his eyes to subdue Wang Mingxiao and learned that Wang had betrayed the Azure Sea Cloud Sect by informing Zhao Yueming and Hao Cheng Daoren of their whereabouts.
• Wang Mingxiao's plan would lure Ji Yuchen and the others to Golden Courtyard Pavilion, where over ten thousand soldiers and a Bone Asura would ambush them.
• Fang Xuan decided to exploit Xinhua City's weakened defenses and vanished into the night toward Tan City, while Wang Mingxiao returned to the residence and later went to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Wang Mingxiao told Zhao Yueming that the Northwest Great Swordsman had disrupted the City God Temple ceremony, and Zhao vowed to kill him after the planned attack on the Azure Sea Cloud Sect.

Wang Mingxiao revealed that the Lotus Moon Demon Sect would gather at Golden Courtyard Mountain, so Ji Yuchen led the Azure Sea Cloud Sect toward the Hexagonal Pavilion to attack them. Fang Xuan watched the ceremony with his Crimson King Eyes and told Zhao Zhuzhu and Gu Chang to follow his orders, leaving the group facing a strange ritual with two children at its altar.

• Wang Mingxiao told Ji Yuchen that Hao Cheng Daoren and many Lotus Moon Demon Sect followers would attend the Buddha Mother Birthday Celebration, along with Xinhua City's governor, Zhao Yueming.
• Ji Yuchen decided to strike the gathering, and Wang Mingxiao led him and the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples toward Golden Courtyard Mountain.
• Ji Yuchen sent Hong Qun and Hu Kaiji to scout for a retreat route and instructed the group to avoid harming civilians.
• Fang Xuan used his Crimson King Eyes to watch the Hexagonal Pavilion and told Zhao Zhuzhu and Gu Chang not to attack until they followed his arrangements.
• The group reached the pavilion and saw black-robed believers gathered before a Buddha Mother statue as a white-haired woman conducted a ritual over a kneeling boy and girl.

Ji Yuchen led the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples against Zhao Yueming and the Lotus Moon Demon Sect, only to discover that Wang Mingxiao had betrayed them and lured them into a trap. With Hao Cheng Daoren revealing himself as a Bone Asura and sealing the sect disciples inside a cyan barrier, Ji Yuchen asked Fang Xuan to stop the formation while he held off their enemies.

• Ji Yuchen and the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples confronted Zhao Yueming and demanded that the Lotus Moon Demon Sect be purged.
• Zhao Yueming exposed Wang Mingxiao's betrayal, and Wang Mingxiao wounded an Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciple before ten thousand soldiers surrounded the group.
• Zhao Yueming activated Dao Patterns in the Buddha Mother statue, draining the gathered followers as Hao Cheng Daoren emerged from within it.
• Hao Cheng Daoren shattered the statue and trapped the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples inside a cyan barrier.
• Fang Xuan pulled Gu Chang and Zhao Zhuzhu behind him, while Ji Yuchen attacked Zhao Yueming and asked Junior Brother Long to stop the formation.

Hao Cheng Daoren overpowered Ji Yuchen after seizing the Azure Sky Sword, and Fang Xuan broke the formation surrounding the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples. Ji Yuchen failed to hold back the Bone Asura, leaving the disciples wounded, trapped, and preparing to fight to the death.

• Hao Cheng Daoren intercepted Ji Yuchen’s attack, took the Azure Sky Sword, and struck him into a mountain wall.
• Hao Cheng Daoren noticed Ji Yuchen had survived thanks to his Seven-Colored Mysterious Whale Scale Armor and coveted the armor.
• Fang Xuan broke the formation, and Ji Yuchen thanked him before asking him to lead the other disciples away.
• Ji Yuchen trapped Hao Cheng Daoren and Zhao Yueming in a barrier of water, but Hao Cheng Daoren quickly shattered it.
• Hao Cheng Daoren tore into Ji Yuchen’s abdomen and hurled him back, leaving the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples to catch him.
• The disciples despaired at their situation, then called to fight rather than die without resisting.

Wang Mingxiao turned against Zhao Yueming again, killing him as the Dragon Whale Army attacked Xinhua City. Fang Xuan then confronted Hao Cheng Daoren and discovered that his perfected Dragon Whale Technique let him fight a Bone Asura head-on.

• Zhao Yueming ordered the Azure Sea Cloud Sect disciples killed, but a soldier reported that the Dragon Whale Army had attacked Xinhua City.
• Wang Mingxiao stabbed Zhao Yueming through the heart and fled, leaving the Royal Court Army leaderless.
• Fang Xuan stepped forward to face Hao Cheng Daoren while the wounded Ji Yuchen watched in alarm.
• Fang Xuan and Hao Cheng Daoren exchanged blows in the forest, and their clash forced both of them back.
• Fang Xuan judged Hao Cheng Daoren weaker than Yuan Jun and charged at him again, ready to continue fighting without using Tingyu Sword.

Fang Xuan fought Hao Cheng Daoren to a stalemate before unleashing another enhancement that let him overwhelm his opponent. Hao Cheng Daoren survived by transforming into a monstrous form and vowed to kill Fang Xuan to complete his evolution.

• Ji Yuchen recovered enough to stand and admitted he had misjudged Long Jing, while Zhao Zhuzhu and Gu Chang worried over the ongoing battle.
• Fang Xuan and Hao Cheng Daoren continued their fierce fight, with Hao Cheng Daoren using Dao Patterns to trouble Fang Xuan despite Fang Xuan's greater strength.
• Fang Xuan activated another enhancement, causing his body to swell and Whale Patterns to spread across it.
• Fang Xuan struck Hao Cheng Daoren with Thousand Torrent Stream and followed up with a barrage of slashes from Azure Lightning Flow Splendor.
• Hao Cheng Daoren unleashed a powerful green attack, then transformed into a many-eyed monster and declared that Fang Xuan's qi and blood would help him evolve.