Recaps

Jiang Ping'an collected his monthly allowance and learned that Taiwu Academy had publicized the Great Qian Prodigy List, where he ranked first. As his name spread through Yujing, Zhao Jinglian and Zhao Zhenming reacted angrily to their low placements and vowed to improve before the next tournament.

• Jiang Ping'an read about Supreme Spells with Yan Ruyu, then collected one hundred and fifty Merit Points, three bottles of Pinnacle Grade Essence Pills, and a cultivation syllabus from the Academy Lord Hall.
• Jiang Yiyi told Jiang Ping'an that he ranked first on the Great Qian Prodigy List, which Taiwu Academy had erected beside its main gate.
• He Zhengbiao publicized Jiang Ping'an's victory over Princess Bailing and Yan Ruyu at the Welcome Inn, while a storyteller began recounting Jiang Ping'an's rise to a packed teahouse.
• Zhao Jinglian told Zhao Zhenming that Jiang Ping'an topped the public rankings and that she and Zhao Zhenming had placed low.
• Zhao Zhenming comforted Zhao Jinglian and vowed to train with her daily, while privately swearing to defeat Zhao Ping'an at the next tournament.

Jiang Ping'an exchanged his valuables for Essence Stones, sold pills, bought alchemy ingredients, and refined a highly profitable batch of Azure Essence Pills. At the Martial Arts Field, he helped Jiang Yiyi and offered to advise Yuan Ruolan after watching her demonstrate her movement technique.

• Jiang Ping'an read Taiwu Academy’s cultivation syllabus and learned how students earned Merit Points and chose martial skills, spells, and crafts.
• Jiang Ping'an and Jiang Yiyi exchanged gold, silver, and Silver Notes for Essence Stones, sold Azure Essence Pills, and bought twenty sets of premium ingredients.
• Jiang Ping'an refined six perfect quality and four Superior Azure Essence Pills, then consumed two perfect pills to strengthen his Essence Sea.
• Jiang Ping'an guided Jiang Yiyi in the new Parting Flowers, Sweeping Willows technique at the Martial Arts Field.
• Yuan Ruolan asked Jiang Ping'an for guidance and performed her family’s movement technique for him.
• Jiang Ping'an checked his panel and found that it had recorded Yuan Ruolan’s Seven Stars Return Step as a High-grade martial skill.

Jiang Ping'an used his insight into martial skills to guide Yuan Ruolan and Qin Suyue, drawing more female students to seek his help. As his popularity spread across the Martial Arts Field, Zhao Zhenming grew jealous and warned Zhao Jinglian to watch her words.

• Jiang Ping'an comprehended Yuan Ruolan's Seven Stars Return Step and pointed out several flaws, greatly improving her movements.
• Yuan Ruolan returned to practice, and Qin Suyue demonstrated her Dust Cloud Palm so Jiang Ping'an could guide her.
• Jiang Ping'an comprehended Dust Cloud Palm, identified key improvements for Qin Suyue, and declined to watch another demonstration.
• Two more girls rushed to seek Jiang Ping'an's guidance as students watched from across the Martial Arts Field.
• Zhao Zhenming resented Jiang Ping'an's popularity, and Zhao Jinglian insulted the women before Zhao Zhenming covered her mouth and cautioned her.

Jiang Ping'an chose a High-grade Martial Skill and spell, then accepted Yuan Ruolan’s gift of an Azure Feather Bird egg after she asked him to guide her in spellcasting. He learned the bird would be costly to raise, but decided to keep the egg despite Jiang Yiyi’s warning about Yuan Ruolan’s intentions.

• Jiang Yiyi pulled Jiang Ping'an away from two female students seeking his guidance, but he planned to return to the Martial Arts Field with her the next morning.
• Jiang Ping'an registered for Dragon Grasp and chose Wind Lightning Invocation, then visited the Spell Pavilion to study Supreme Spell introductions.
• Yuan Ruolan visited Jiang Ping'an, gave him an Azure Feather Bird egg in thanks for his earlier guidance, and asked him to help her with a spell the next day.
• Jiang Ping'an learned the egg was an Azure Feather Bird's and asked Jiang Yiyi to find out its price and upkeep costs.
• Jiang Yiyi reported that the egg cost about thirty Inferior Spirit Stones and warned that Yuan Ruolan might be using the expensive bird to make Jiang Ping'an dependent on her.
• Jiang Ping'an dismissed the warning and decided to keep the egg, believing the grown bird would be useful for flying travel.

Jiang Ping'an gained two ultimate martial skills and spent the morning guiding students at Taiwu Academy, collecting new techniques and helping Yuan Ruolan complete a High-grade spell. His reputation spread through the academy, and curious students and instructors planned to watch him at the Martial Arts Field the next morning.

• Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to comprehend the Big Dipper Striding Gait and Cloud Dispelling Palm.
• Jiang Ping'an guided Wang Jianyu in the Violet Lightning Soul-Seizing Whip and obtained the Hundred Step Sky-Splitting Fist while advising another male student.
• Jiang Ping'an kept his promise to guide Yuan Ruolan and learned the Kan Water Dragon after observing her cast and dismiss it.
• Jiang Ping'an’s advice helped Yuan Ruolan cultivate the Kan Water Dragon to completion, allowing her to ride it through the air above the Martial Arts Field.
• Jiang Ping'an’s guidance spread through Taiwu Academy, and curious students and instructors planned to watch him at the Upper Kun Courtyard the next morning.

Jiang Ping'an drew growing attention at Taiwu Academy as he guided students, learned new abilities, and began hatching an Azure Feather Bird egg. At the Zhennan Marquis Estate, Zhao Yingpeng learned that Zhao Zhenming ranked seventeenth and Zhao Jinglian fell outside the top thousand, then summoned the list's bearer to explain the rankings.

• Li Zaidao taught the first Literary Strategy Class at the Upper Kun Courtyard, and Jiang Ping'an later accepted gifts from students he had guided before sharing Pinnacle Grade Essence Pills with Jiang Yiyi.
• Jiang Ping'an exchanged for the Spirit Bird Hatching Art, began hatching the Azure Feather Bird egg, and comprehended Mystic Water Dragon and True Force Fist.
• Jiang Ping'an guided Chen Qianqian and two other students at the Martial Arts Field, prompting admiration and intense discussion among students and instructors at Taiwu Academy.
• Zhao Yingpeng read the Great Qian Prodigy List and found Zhao Zhenming ranked seventeenth and Zhao Jinglian ranked below the top thousand.
• Su Yingluo urged Zhao Yingpeng to suspect another reason for the rankings, and he questioned the person who delivered the list about how it had been compiled.

Zhao Yingpeng and the Zhennan Marquis Estate reacted with rage and humiliation after learning that Jiang Ping'an topped the Great Qian Prodigy List, while Jiang Ping'an continued his studies at Taiwu Academy. During a visit to his mother, a tall Elder sealed the courtyard and killed a maidservant, leaving Jiang Ping'an facing an unexpected attack.

• Zhao Yingpeng learned that Jiang Ping'an was the top-ranked prodigy and flew into a rage over his son changing his surname, while Su Yingluo tried to soothe him.
• The Zhennan Marquis Dowager discovered that Zhao Zhenming ranked seventeenth, Zhao Jinglian ranked past thirteen hundredth, and Jiang Ping'an stood first, then erupted in disbelief and anger.
• Members of the Zhao family mocked Zhao Yingpeng, and news of Jiang Ping'an's history and ranking spread through White Emperor City.
• Jiang Ping'an mastered Dragon Grasp and Wind Lightning Guide, chose to study formations, and spent his time reading Supreme Martial Skill introductions.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Jiang Shuyue during the Ten-Day Rest, but a tall Elder sealed the courtyard with formation flags and killed the maidservant.

Jiang Ping'an and Jiang Shuyue faced Chen Yishan, who had come to kill them, but Jiang Ping'an’s Golden Dragon Binding Cord restrained the Dragon Transformation Realm expert. With Old Black’s help, Jiang Ping'an killed Chen Yishan and confirmed that his sword strike had not truly killed Kong Nian.

• Jiang Shuyue revealed that she had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm and confronted Chen Yishan, who had sealed the courtyard with a Four Spirits Formation and refused to spare them.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Golden Dragon Binding Cord to bind Chen Yishan, but Jiang Shuyue’s sword could not penetrate his Bloodfiend Protective Aura.
• Jiang Ping'an and Jiang Shuyue discussed having the cord strangle Chen Yishan, while Jiang Ping'an explained that it could bind him for about a day.
• Old Black arrived after tracking Jiang Ping'an through the urine he had left on him earlier, and agreed to help in exchange for half of Chen Yishan’s treasures.
• Old Black bit Chen Yishan and broke through his protection, allowing Jiang Ping'an to pierce his head with a sword.
• Jiang Ping'an confirmed that his earlier sword strike had not caused Kong Nian’s death, while Jiang Shuyue regarded Old Black warily.

After killing Chen Yishan, Jiang Ping'an and Jiang Shuyue dealt with the aftermath and learned the Zhennan Marquis Estate was unlikely to retaliate openly. Jiang Ping'an then bought Violet Lightning Liquid and tested his newly empowered "Thunderclap Guide," discovering it could unleash devastating, near-instant lightning several times at full strength.

• Jiang Ping'an took Chen Yishan's Mystic Treasure Sword and Essence Stones, gave the sword to Jiang Shuyue, and received the Storage Thumb Ring from Old Black, who destroyed the corpse.
• Jiang Shuyue worried that the Zhennan Marquis Estate would retaliate, but Old Black told Jiang Ping'an that the estate had violated a taboo and would not dare investigate the killing in Yujing.
• Old Black offered to introduce Jiang Ping'an to palace figures who could support his rise, but Jiang Ping'an refused; the two joked and chased each other through the street before Old Black departed.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Taiwu Academy by way of Myriad Treasures Pavilion and bought a drop of Violet Lightning Liquid for his "Thunderclap Guide."
• Jiang Ping'an refined the Violet Lightning Liquid and tested "Thunderclap Guide" at the Martial Arts Field, shattering a massive bluestone and startling the students.
• Jiang Ping'an found that the spell could strike almost instantly and that his refined lightning could power seven full-strength casts, or more than twenty weaker ones.

Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Shuyue four Supreme techniques and continued building his strength, while Zhao Jinglian revealed her connection to the attempt on his life. The chapter ended with Jiang Ping'an choosing a Supreme Martial Skill or spell to cultivate and wondering whether Zhao Zhenming had been involved in the assassination.

• Jiang Ping'an tested Dragon Grasp and Dragon Slayer Hand, then spent thirty Superior Spirit Stones cultivating and slightly expanded his Essence Sea.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Shuyue four secret manuals, including Fallen Kill Swordplay, and they agreed to wait a year or two before passing the techniques to the Jiang Manor.
• The Zhennan Marquis received an imperial reprimand and salary penalty for sending a Dragon Transformation Realm cultivator to assassinate someone, then punished Zhao Yingpeng with a year of confinement.
• Jiang Ping'an continued cultivating and teaching at the Martial Arts Field as his standing among the students grew, and the Azure Feather Bird egg hatched after eighteen days.
• Zhao Jinglian told Jiang Ping'an that Zhao Zhenming had entered the Divine Treasury Realm, then betrayed her involvement in the assassination when Jiang Ping'an confronted her.
• Seven or eight days later, Jiang Ping'an selected a Supreme Martial Skill or spell to cultivate.

Jiang Ping'an exchanged his Supreme Martial Skill token for the Nine Suns Halberd Art, then used his talent to create a Mystic Grade halberd art and bought a powerful halberd. At Princess Bailing’s banquet, he drank nearly all her Purple Dawn Spirit Wine, refined its benefits, and left her realizing her prank had cost her three bottles.

• Jiang Ping'an chose the Nine Suns Halberd Art despite the lack of a halberd instructor at Taiwu Academy.
• Jiang Ping'an mastered the Nine Suns Halberd Art, created the Mystic Grade Dragon Abyss Void Piercing Halberd Art, and bought the Dragon Blood Halberd.
• Caixia invited Jiang Ping'an to Princess Bailing’s banquet celebrating her entry into the Divine Treasury Realm, and Jiang Ping'an accepted.
• Jiang Ping'an drank nearly all three bottles of Purple Dawn Spirit Wine at the banquet while the other guests only sipped theirs.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the wine and banquet delicacies overnight, expanding his Essence Sea by roughly three-thousandths.
• Caixia learned from Chen Donglai that Jiang Ping'an had not gotten drunk, and Princess Bailing realized he had taken advantage of her prank to drink her wine.

As the Second Genius Ranking Tournament approached, Zhao Zhenming revealed that he had entered the Divine Treasury Realm and prepared to challenge Jiang Ping'an. Jiang Ping'an led Team 68 to the team-battle final, where they faced Zhao Zhenming's team, and Zhao Jinglian anticipated Jiang Ping'an's defeat.

• At a gathering of the Zhennan Marquis Estate descendants, Zhao Zhenming said he would restore the estate's prestige at the tournament, then revealed he had entered the Divine Treasury Realm and asked them to keep it secret.
• Taiwu Academy announced the tournament rewards and drew teams; Jiang Ping'an joined Team 68 with Shen Qingqing, Chen Shouren, Wang Xuewei, and Li Lei, and became its temporary leader.
• Jiang Ping'an arranged for Team 68 to learn the Five Elements Formation and agreed to guide his teammates in their martial skills and spells.
• After guiding Shen Qingqing in the Tide-Born Elusive Steps, Jiang Ping'an used his panel to comprehend thirty Supreme Movement Techniques and create the Mystic Grade movement technique Phantom Flowing Light Movement.
• Jiang Ping'an led Team 68 through the tournament to the final round of team battles, where they faced Zhao Zhenming's team; Zhao Zhenming looked forward to revealing his strength, while Zhao Jinglian predicted Jiang Ping'an would fail to make the top hundred.

Jiang Ping'an defeated Zhao Zhenming with a sudden bolt of lightning during their arena match, then faced accusations of deliberate murder at the Hall of Law Enforcement. He was sent to the Detention Room while Zhao Zhenming's fate remained unknown.

• Zhennan Marquis Estate disciples jeered at Jiang Ping'an before the match, and spectators who respected him angrily defended him.
• Zhao Zhenming unleashed his Primordial Sea Phenomenon and challenged Jiang Ping'an, who struck him down with Wind Lightning Draw.
• Zhao Jinglian rushed at Jiang Ping'an after Zhao Zhenming was carried away, but an instructor intervened and the match ended.
• At the Hall of Law Enforcement, Cao Yunsheng questioned Jiang Ping'an and accused him of murdering Zhao Zhenming, but Jiang Ping'an argued that he had fought within the rules.
• Cao Yunsheng ordered Zheng Baifeng to take Jiang Ping'an to the Detention Room as spectators debated whether Zhao Zhenming would survive and whether Jiang Ping'an would be punished.

After Zhao Zhenming survived Jiang Ping'an's Thunder Art, his shattered Dao Heart and ruined reputation left him isolated while Zhao Haoran moved to claim influence in the Zhennan Marquis Estate. Jiang Ping'an won the Genius Ranking Tournament after Yan Ruyu conceded, and the chapter ended with Zhao Shipeng seeing Jiang Ping'an at the top of the updated Great Qian Prodigy List.

• Cao Yunsheng released Jiang Ping'an after Zhao Zhenming was saved, but banned him from using the Thunder Art during the tournament; Jiang Ping'an asked Taiwu Academy for compensation.
• Zhao Zhenming remained in despair despite his physical recovery, while Zhao Haoran accepted the other Zhennan Marquis Estate disciples' call to lead them.
• Students visited Zhao Zhenming and then withdrew their support after seeing his condition; Zhao Jinglian later fled her match after arguing with students who mocked her brother.
• Jiang Ping'an defeated his opponents on the way to the final, where Yan Ruyu conceded because she could not withstand his Thunder Art, giving him first place and the Chief Student position.
• Li Wenzheng announced another tournament in half a year and an academy training expedition in two months; the updated Great Qian Prodigy List kept Jiang Ping'an at the top.
• Zhao Shipeng read the new Great Qian Prodigy List while still facing punishment and saw Jiang Ping'an's name first.

Zhao Yingpeng learned that Zhao Zhenming had fallen to 185th place after Jiang Ping'an defeated him in one move, and he killed the servant who reported the details. Jiang Ping'an chose a halberd and new spells, then began planning how to earn Essence Stones quickly enough to advance his cultivation.

• Zhao Yingpeng discovered Jiang Ping'an still ranked first and that Zhao Zhenming had failed to enter the top hundred, then learned Jiang had knocked Zhao Zhenming unconscious with one Thunder Art strike.
• Zhao Yingpeng killed the servant who described the defeat, while Su Yingluo waited outside and blamed Jiang Ping'an for Zhao Zhenming's poor showing.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Jin Shilu to forge him a Superior Mystic Artifact halberd with Advanced Mystic Edge and Advanced Mystic Weight.
• Jiang Ping'an chose the Supreme Spell "Linked Fire Cannons" and comprehended the Mystic Grade "Phoenix Flame Samadhi Fire Formation."
• Jiang Ping'an decided he needed more Essence Stones to reach the Divine Treasury Realm and resolved to try a money-making plan that would cost Merit Points.

Jiang Ping'an bought the manual and materials for the costly Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talisman, hoping to turn his talisman-making skill into a new source of wealth. After using his proficiency panel to master it and invent a Mystic Talisman he could not yet draw, he prepared to test the venture with one hundred sets of materials.

• Jiang Ping'an visited Jiangyuan Treasure Pavilion, learned the Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talisman could sell for up to eight hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and decided to draw it for profit.
• Jiang Ping'an exchanged 1,500 Merit Points for the talisman manual and learned that Senior Yun Yujun in Shangqian District could offer instruction.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the manual, used his proficiency panel to master the talisman, and innovated the Five Elements Primal Chaos Golden Light Talisman, a Mystic Talisman he could not yet draw.
• Jiang Ping'an bought one hundred sets of materials for Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans for five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Jiang Ping'an produced high-quality Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans and arranged sales through Chen Donglai while avoiding in-person meetings with potential buyers. After earning Superior Spirit Stones, he used them to cultivate and moved closer to the Late Primordial Sea Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an prepared specialized ink and drew six Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans, producing five successes, four of them perfect quality.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Chen Donglai to seek prices from trading houses and a Spirit Talisman Pavilion, insisting that buyers deal with him through Chen Donglai rather than meet him.
• Jiang Ping'an drew six more talismans the next morning, all successfully, and kept one perfect-quality talisman for himself.
• Chen Donglai reached agreements with two buyers and returned with fifty-seven Superior Spirit Stones and fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones from the sale of ten talismans.
• Jiang Ping'an rewarded Chen Donglai with Superior Essence Pills, then spent the night cultivating until all fifty-seven Superior Spirit Stones were exhausted.

Jiang Ping'an quickly solved the formations instructor Liu Xixu's maze test and became one of only five students to pass, drawing attention across Taiwu Academy. As the class dwindled, Liu Xixu moved lessons to her residence for Jiang Ping'an and the two remaining students, Shangguan Xue and Li Tongya.

• Liu Xixu gave her formations students a maze diagram to test their aptitude, and Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to solve it almost instantly.
• Jiang Ping'an demonstrated the solution to Liu Xixu, who praised his ability and told him to return for class the day after tomorrow.
• Only five of more than a hundred students solved the maze, and news of Jiang Ping'an's speed spread throughout Taiwu Academy.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Chen Donglai several Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans to sell and considered how to handle future sales safely.
• At the next class, Liu Xixu distributed a Basic Formations book, and one student soon quit, leaving Jiang Ping'an, Shangguan Xue, and Li Tongya.
• Liu Xixu moved lessons to her residence in Upper Heaven Courtyard, Bingzi Sector, and Jiang Ping'an resolved to avoid offending the reserved Li Tongya.

Jiang Ping'an found a buyer for his Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans through Princess Bailing and the Seventh Prince, then used the sale proceeds to advance his cultivation. A month after Zhao Zhenming’s defeat, Su Yingluo arrived at Taiwu Academy, took him and Zhao Jinglian to Jia Chen Dorm, and called Zhao Ping'an out.

• Jiang Ping'an told Princess Bailing that he needed a safe buyer for his talismans, and she offered to connect him with her seventh brother.
• The Seventh Prince’s eunuch agreed to buy Jiang Ping'an’s talismans at generous prices, and Jiang Ping'an sold nearly all of his stock and received two hundred and thirty-seven Superior Spirit Stones.
• Zhao Jinglian told Su Yingluo that Zhao Zhenming remained despondent after his defeats, and Su Yingluo hurried to Yujing to see him.
• Su Yingluo encouraged Zhao Zhenming and told him that strength extended beyond cultivation, martial techniques, and spells.
• Su Yingluo took Zhao Zhenming and Zhao Jinglian to Jia Chen Dorm and called Zhao Ping'an out, drawing the attention of nearby students.

Su Yingluo came to Taiwu Academy to force Jiang Ping'an to acknowledge her as his mother, but he resisted her attacks and fled until the academy’s leaders intervened. She left after threatening to withdraw her two children, having failed to capture him and lost face before the watching students.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered Jiang Yiyi and Chen Donglai to stay inside, then went out to confront Su Yingluo, Zhao Zhenming, and Zhao Jinglian.
• Su Yingluo tried to force Jiang Ping'an to kneel with her Dragon Transformation Realm aura and Brahma Sound Transcendence, but he remained unaffected and mocked her in front of onlookers.
• Su Yingluo attacked Jiang Ping'an with a White Jade Giant Hand, but he dodged and flew into the air, then loudly accused her of bullying him over his arena victory against Zhao Zhenming.
• Su Yingluo used a White Jade Bottle to pull Jiang Ping'an toward her, but he unleashed the Phoenix Flame Samadhi Fire Formation and escaped toward the Academy Lord Hall.
• Cao Yunsheng blocked Su Yingluo, and Li Wenzheng backed him up; after Li Wenzheng warned her off, Su Yingluo threatened to withdraw her two children and flew away.

Su Yingluo failed to get Taiwu Academy to expel Jiang Ping'an and waited in Yujing for him to leave, while he stayed at the academy and received his newly forged Dragon Abyss Halberd. Taiwu Academy announced an expedition to the Ten Thousand Chess Islands, and Jiang Ping'an set his sights on winning first place to earn a month of cultivation at Mount Yulong.

• Su Yingluo took Zhao Zhenming and Zhao Jinglian to the Zhao Family Residence and tried unsuccessfully to restore Zhao Zhenming's Dao Heart.
• Su Yingluo asked Grandmaster Xuantong to have Taiwu Academy expel Zhao Ping'an, but Ji Wushang refused, and Xuantong's request failed.
• Su Yingluo remained in Yujing, counseling Zhao Zhenming and watching for Jiang Ping'an to leave Taiwu Academy, but he stayed inside to cultivate and avoid his enemies.
• Taiwu Academy forged Jiang Ping'an the Superior Mystic Artifact Dragon Abyss Halberd, which crushed a person-sized Basalt Stone when he activated its Mystic Weight power.
• Taiwu Academy announced an expedition to the Ten Thousand Chess Islands, with rewards based on Sea Apes slain, including a month of secluded cultivation at Mount Yulong for first place.
• Jiang Ping'an decided he would win first place so he could cultivate at Mount Yulong and pursue great completion in the Primordial Sea Realm.

Jiang Ping'an began the Sea Ape trial alone, using talismans and powerful attacks to kill thousands of beasts before rescuing Shangguan Xue and joining forces with her. As they collected their rewards on a strange submerged reef, a Fourth-Rank Sea Ape attacked Shangguan Xue.

• Jiang Ping'an declined offers to form a team, prepared for the trial, and brought only the Azure Feather Bird to scout for Sea Apes.
• Jiang Ping'an flew into the sea, used a Fire Rain Talisman and his Dragon Abyss Halberd to kill Sea Apes, and collected their left ears as proof.
• Jiang Ping'an spent seven or eight days hunting and killed more than six thousand Sea Apes before finding Shangguan Xue surrounded by Third-Order Sea Apes.
• Jiang Ping'an killed three attackers and accepted Shangguan Xue's invitation to join forces, then wiped out a reef crowded with Sea Apes using the Phoenix Flame Samadhi Fire Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue collected the Sea Ape left ears and noticed the reef's unusual features before a silver-furred Fourth-Rank Sea Ape burst from the sea and attacked Shangguan Xue.

Jiang Ping'an struggled to protect the unconscious Shangguan Xue from a Fourth-Order Sea Ape that drove them deep beneath the sea. He escaped through a crack in a towering stone gate and, believing they were temporarily safe, turned the Mystic Water Dragon against their pursuer.

• The Fourth-Order Sea Ape broke through Shangguan Xue's defenses, and Jiang Ping'an caught her before its next attack sent them crashing into the sea and a rocky slope.
• Jiang Ping'an carried the unconscious Shangguan Xue through repeated blows as the sea ape forced them hundreds of zhang toward the seabed.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned a Mystic Water Dragon to carry them away, but the sea ape quickly caught up and continued driving them around the undersea mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an spotted a huge stone gate, circled the mountain with the Mystic Water Dragon, then carried Shangguan Xue through a narrow crack between its doors.
• The sea ape struck the Mystic Water Dragon outside the gate, and Jiang Ping'an counterattacked while sheltering behind the stone doors.

Jiang Ping'an carried the injured Shangguan Xue through an underwater passage while escaping the Fourth-Order Sea Ape. They found a barrier that led into what Shangguan Xue believed was an Immortal's cave abode, and cautiously ventured inside.

• After the Mystic Water Dragon was shattered, Jiang Ping'an carried the unconscious Shangguan Xue through the stone gate and into a deep underwater passage.
• Shangguan Xue awoke, but the seawater pressure overwhelmed her protective shield, so Jiang Ping'an pulled her back into his Primal Chaos Body Protection True Qi.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Shangguan Xue a Greater Revitalizing Pill, which greatly improved her internal injuries.
• When Jiang Ping'an's protective barrier strained under the water pressure, Shangguan Xue stepped into his arms and he carried her farther into the passage.
• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue reached a deep-blue formation barrier, passed through it, and found refuge from the seawater.
• Shangguan Xue suspected they had entered an Immortal's cave abode, and she and Jiang Ping'an cautiously walked farther inside together.

Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue found a chamber filled with Liquified Worldly Energy in the abandoned cave abode. While Shangguan Xue searched the other chambers, Jiang Ping'an cultivated until his Essence Sea expanded to a hundred times its original size and began trying to enter the Divine Treasury Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue searched the empty hall and chose a passage that led to a chamber filled with Liquified Worldly Energy.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to cultivate in the pool, gave Shangguan Xue a powerful Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talisman, and sent her to search the other chambers.
• Jiang Ping'an submerged himself in the pool and refined the Liquified Worldly Energy, expanding his Essence Sea beyond its presumed limit.
• Jiang Ping'an expanded his Essence Sea to a hundred times its original size and filled it with True Essence, leaving only a shallow layer of Liquified Worldly Energy in the pool.
• Jiang Ping'an saw that Shangguan Xue had not returned and decided to attempt entering the Divine Treasury Realm.