Chapter Summaries

Yuanguang Yuan brought Red Workshop Bai to a family meeting to confront the Azure Water Sect while Lu Sheng completed preparations for a second crossing. Lu Sheng activated the Return to One Array and arrived in a new world, where Mu Yun faced pressure from the Righteous Qi Path to surrender his treasured pearl to a Child of Destiny.

• Yuanguang Yuan introduced Red Workshop Bai at the Gathering Hall, and Yuanguang Qinshan granted her a seat as the family discussed control of the northwest mines.
• Red Workshop Bai assured Yuanguang Yuan that she could handle the Azure Water Sect experts, though she agreed to try to spare their lives.
• Lu Sheng finished calibrating the Return to One Array, settled his affairs, and entered seclusion to attempt a second crossing.
• More than ten days later, the Research Hall trembled and glowed red as Lu Sheng's crossing began.
• Mu Yun protested the Righteous Qi Path's demand that he hand over his Xuan Ming Bright Pearl to the incoming Child of Destiny, but feared resisting after North Together Immortal Elder disappeared.

Mu Yun learned that Nine Dragons True Lord had been killed, lost hope, and yielded to an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil. Lu Sheng took control of his body, dissolved Mu Yun’s inner core, and began considering how to rebuild his cultivation rather than repeat Mu Yun’s path.

• Mu Yun received Green Diamond Daoist’s jade talisman and read that the Righteous Qi Path and Cloud Mist Immortal Palace had ambushed and killed Nine Dragons True Lord.
• The news overwhelmed Mu Yun, corrupted his inner core, and let an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil persuade him to surrender control.
• Lu Sheng possessed Mu Yun’s body, assessed his circumstances, and dissolved the tainted inner core.
• Lu Sheng reviewed Mu Yun’s memories and learned about the ranks of inner cores and the Three Union Radiance Azure Record.
• Lu Sheng noted that Deep Blue and his remaining God-Entrusting Power could restore his cultivation, but decided against repeating Mu Yun’s old path.

Lu Sheng studied the Three Union Radiance Azure Record and weighed how to improve its flawed cultivation foundation while awaiting the Child of Destiny. After learning that Du had arrived and hearing his disciples’ troubles, Lu Sheng began cultivating again and prepared to use Deep Blue to deduce the art.

• Lu Sheng examined the Three Union Radiance Azure Record and concluded that its reliance on Azure Water limited its potential.
• Tie Chui and Yun Huan waited for Mu Yun Dao Ren and discussed the killing of demons and the Mist Clam Race’s rising prices for Cloud Water Pearls.
• Lu Sheng received his disciples, learned that the demon-slaying leader was surnamed Du, and ordered them to avoid conflict while he handled the matter.
• After his disciples left, Lu Sheng chose to perfect the Three Union Radiance Azure Record before seeking other cultivation classics.
• Lu Sheng used the introductory method to gather yin-cold energy, summoned Deep Blue, and began converting swallowed Core Qi into true qi.

Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to refine his Qi Refining technique, forged a natal Magical Artifact, and established an unprecedented foundation with ninety-nine cold stars. The chapter then shifted to Du Guangchi and Yao Lian, who arrived on Third Island seeking the Azure Profound Pearl to save Yue Cai from a deadly poison.

• Lu Sheng modified and deduced his Qi Refining technique until he reached the ninth stage, strengthening and taming his yin-cold true qi.
• Lu Sheng melted his scarce materials into a metal sphere and refined it into a smooth silver-white Magical Artifact.
• Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to establish his foundation, forming ninety-nine cold stars and making the sphere his natal Magical Artifact.
• Lu Sheng resumed secluded cultivation, intending to advance through foundation establishment and restore his Core Dao cultivation.
• Du Guangchi and Yao Lian arrived on Third Island after learning that the Azure Profound Pearl could draw the Azure Jade Mantis poison from Yue Cai.

Du Guangchi and Yao Lian tracked a stolen item to a sleeping Black Mountain Spirit, while Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to advance his cultivation from early to middle Foundation Establishment. Lu Sheng planned to continue deducing his cultivation art toward the late Foundation Establishment stage before addressing the formation of pure yang.

• Du Guangchi and Yao Lian followed the Thousand Mile Light-Chasing Disk into the island’s forest and disguised themselves in cloaks.
• Du Guangchi spotted a huge black bear in a nest and identified it as the Black Mountain Spirit, then led Yao Lian toward it.
• The black bear was revealed to be a guard under White Bear Spirit Tie Chui who was secretly investigating the suspicious rabbit demon’s arrival.
• Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to consume Mu Yun’s Core Qi and advance his unknown cultivation art to middle Foundation Establishment, strengthening its frigid properties and spiritual power.
• Lu Sheng’s body became sluggish after absorbing frigid energy, and he reasoned that he would need to cultivate pure yang to address the effect.
• Lu Sheng decided to prioritize advancing to late Foundation Establishment and pressed the deduction button again.

Lu Sheng completed Foundation Establishment and prepared to form his core, but found the treasury lacked materials suited to his immense needs. He descended into the deep sea and unleashed his technique to draw in vast quantities of seawater and materials.

• Lu Sheng advanced through late Foundation Establishment, Phantom Core, and Gathering Spirit, while his Heavenly Devil nature frightened away Devil Tribulations and he overcame later calamities with ease.
• After reaching Foundation Establishment completion, Lu Sheng decided he needed a vast supply of suitable materials to strengthen his bonded Magical Artifact during Core Formation.
• Lu Sheng searched the treasury, found nothing adequate, and told the attendants to notify Tie Chui and Yun Huan if they needed him.
• Lu Sheng left Mu Wu Cave and descended past the Mist Clam Race’s territory into a dark trench roughly six thousand meters below the surface.
• Lu Sheng released his ninety-nine vortices and Phantom Core, formed an enormous icy serpent, and made it swallow countless tons of seawater.

After refining a powerful Magical Artifact, Lu Sheng went to the Mist Clam Race and forced Fu Jin to submit to Mu Wu Cave. He secured a steady supply of pearls and other resources, then learned of a stronger sea clan he could target next.

• Lu Sheng emerged from the sea after successfully refining his Magical Artifact and decided to visit the Mist Clam Race for pearls and a test of his new weapon.
• Lu Sheng froze two Clam Spirits who tried to stop him and confronted Fu Jin over the reduced supply of Cloud Water Pearls.
• Lu Sheng overwhelmed Fu Jin’s pearl Magical Artifact with his metal sphere and water wall, forcing Fu Jin to submit the Mist Clam Race to Mu Wu Cave.
• Lu Sheng demanded exclusive Cloud Water Pearl supplies, ten Black Haze Pearls each year, and other resources, and Fu Jin agreed.
• Fu Jin told Lu Sheng about the Sea Serpent Human Race beneath a nearby trench, and Lu Sheng requested a guide and a life talisman for communication.
• Lu Sheng assessed that his Magical Artifact had over two hundred times the power of Fu Jin’s pearl and accepted Fu Jin’s invitation to tour the water palace.

Lu Sheng forced Fu Jin to surrender the Mist Clam Race’s inherited Golden Mirage Dragon Transformation Art and returned to his cave to use it as a reference for cultivation. He quietly solidified his Phantom Core, while dark-red flame ignited beneath him.

• Lu Sheng entered the Water Palace with Fu Jin and recognized that Fu Jin had abandoned his plan to resist.
• Lu Sheng demanded the Mist Clam Race’s inherited true art, and his overwhelming power forced Fu Jin to surrender it.
• Fu Jin gave Lu Sheng the Golden Mirage Dragon Transformation Art and explained that cultivating it required the scarce Dragon Transformation Stone.
• Lu Sheng memorized the art and returned to his cave abode to prepare for Core Formation.
• After more than an hour of cultivation, Lu Sheng’s Phantom Core solidified into flawless golden light, and dark-red flame ignited beneath him.

Lu Sheng ignored the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and used his newly formed Golden Core to absorb vast quantities of seawater into himself and his life-bound Magical Artifact. While a white-haired daoist arrived at Mu Wu Cave seeking him, Lu Sheng pushed the artifact’s absorption rate past six hundred tons per second and left the visitor waiting.

• Lu Sheng realized the Red Lotus Karmic Fire could not affect him and began absorbing seawater to strengthen his Golden Core and Magical Artifact.
• A white-robed old daoist sensed Core Qi near a sea vortex but continued to Mu Wu Cave, where Tie Chui received him and sent Lu Sheng a warning talisman.
• Lu Sheng recognized the visitor as Die Shazi and continued cultivating rather than returning to meet him.
• Lu Sheng drove seawater into his blue-gold Magical Artifact, using his immense reserves of Core Qi to stabilize it as its absorption rate climbed past six hundred tons per second.

Lu Sheng refined seawater into the Overturning Sea Pearl, then returned to Mu Wu Cave to meet Die Shazi. Meanwhile, Old Hei and other demon cultivators prepared to ambush two Righteous Qi Path disciples within Lu Sheng’s territory, unaware of his plans.

• Lu Sheng sealed the Overturning Sea Pearl after storing about a million tons of seawater in it and considered how to strengthen the treasure with Black Haze Pearls.
• Old Hei, White Sand, and King Snake organized demon cultivators to ambush two Righteous Qi Path disciples and seize the Kun Lake Sword in three days.
• The demon cultivators dismissed the idea of notifying Lu Sheng and threatened to kill him if he interfered.
• Lu Sheng decided to improve the Overturning Sea Pearl with Black Haze Pearls and returned to Mu Wu Cave.
• Lu Sheng met Die Shazi in the reception hall, where Die Shazi offered him a chance to clear his name and become an Outer Path Spirit General.

Lu Sheng prepared to face the two Children of Destiny arriving at Mu Wu Cave, while concealing his plans from the Righteous Qi Path. Du Guangchi revealed the Kun Lake Sword and challenged Lu Sheng, setting up the confrontation that was expected to break Mu Yun Dao Ren.

• Die Shazi reviewed the plan with Lu Sheng and warned him to hand over the Xuanzhu without arousing suspicion.
• A Little Demon reported that the two Righteous Qi Path disciples were approaching after wounding Black Bear Spirit, and Lu Sheng ordered White Bear Spirit Tie Chui not to interfere.
• Lu Sheng attempted to temper his magical power while waiting, but fighting broke out outside the cave before the Black Haze Pearls arrived.
• Lu Sheng emerged to find Du Guangchi and his companion battling Mu Wu Cave’s demons, and Du Guangchi accused him of allowing his subordinates to prey on people.
• Du Guangchi drew the Kun Lake Sword, whose power was designed to exploit the flaws in Mu Yun Dao Ren’s cultivation.

Lu Sheng revealed his overwhelming Core Qi by defeating Du Guangchi and Yao Lian, then wounded the old woman who confronted him. Die Shazi attacked with four powerful qilins, but Lu Sheng's Core Qi engulfed them, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lu Sheng overwhelmed Du Guangchi's Kun Lake Sword with a blast of Core Qi, knocking Du Guangchi and Yao Lian unconscious and ordering the Rat Spirits to take them into Mu Wu Cave.
• Die Shazi and a hunchbacked old woman confronted Lu Sheng, and the old woman tried to attack him despite Die Shazi's objections.
• Lu Sheng pierced the old woman through the chest with his Core Qi, and Die Shazi caught her as she began to die.
• Die Shazi attacked Lu Sheng with the Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind Qilins, combining the Seven Righteous Sword Arts into a coordinated assault.
• Lu Sheng released a vast sea of Core Qi that crushed the four qilins and surrounded him in blue radiance, while Die Shazi watched in disbelief.

Lu Sheng overwhelmed Die Shazi and the Righteous Qi Path’s forces with his perfected Core Formation power, establishing himself as a major force beneath the North Sea. After his identity as Mu Yun Dao Ren spread, the Righteous Qi Path’s leader ordered Yun Ye to eliminate him.

• Lu Sheng unleashed his immense Core Qi, advanced to perfected Core Formation, and swallowed Die Shazi in the blue cloud.
• Black Daoist and White Sand Venerable abandoned their planned strike against the Righteous Qi Path and withdrew with their companions.
• Word spread that Mu Yun Dao Ren had killed the Righteous Qi Path’s Venerable Elders, prompting nearby cultivators and clans either to flee or seek his protection.
• At Huang Jin Mountain, a black-faced Taoist reported the deaths and the loss of the Kun Lake Sword to the white-haired old man.
• The old man ordered Yun Ye to leave seclusion, eliminate Mu Yun Dao Ren, and then visit the Divine Sword Gate.

Lu Sheng interrogated Du Guangchi and Yao Lian to learn about the Righteous Qi Path, then advanced his cultivation and expanded Mu Wu Cave’s influence. After realizing that a Divine Infant required the harmonious union of yin and yang to nurture new life, he left for an undersea volcano to attempt a breakthrough.

• Lu Sheng questioned Du Guangchi and Yao Lian about the Righteous Qi Path, learned about its Seven Peaks and strength, and obtained several cultivation arts, though its core art remained protected.
• Lu Sheng advanced his true body to wield twenty percent of its power and reached the Seven Tribulations level, while Deep Blue greatly increased his Core Qi.
• Lu Sheng received the Black Haze Pearl and tribute materials as independent cultivators, sea clans, and demon clans began joining Mu Wu Cave under his growing influence.
• Lu Sheng concluded that Divine Infant cultivation required nurturing new life through a harmonious union of yin and yang, which his yin-cold Core Qi lacked.
• Lu Sheng left Mu Wu Cave for an active undersea volcano to use its yang environment in an attempt to break through to the Divine Infant realm.

Lu Sheng accepted materials from Niu Kun in exchange for letting Yao Lian return to her family, while keeping Du Guangchi imprisoned. As Lu Sheng left to cultivate and refine the Overturning Sea Pearl, Chun Songzi of the Earth King Palace approached him to propose cooperation, backed by the arrival of Divine Lord Peng Jun.

• Niu Kun arrived at Mu Wu Cave and took Yao Lian home after Lu Sheng accepted the Ox Demon Race's materials, while Du Guangchi remained imprisoned.
• Lu Sheng reflected on the remaining karmic ties connected to Mu Yun and gathered yin-cold materials from the treasury to take to sea.
• Two demonized killer whales attacked Lu Sheng, but he destroyed them and demanded that their hidden controller reveal himself.
• Chun Songzi appeared, identified himself as an envoy of the Earth King Palace, and offered cooperation concerning Lu Sheng's possession of the Kun Lake Sword.
• Chun Songzi revealed that Divine Lord Peng Jun had personally come for the matter, and Lu Sheng asked what cooperation they wanted.

Lu Sheng rejected Earth King Palace’s offer and killed Chun Songzi, then descended into the volcanic depths to use the earthfire and Deep Blue to reach the early Divine Infant stage. He began refining the Overturning Sea Pearl and suppressed the Seven Tribulations’ Earth Yin Fire, leaving the pearl absorbing seawater as the volcano stirred.

• Chun Songzi told Lu Sheng that a Righteous Qi Path Divine Infant True Lord was coming and offered Earth King Palace’s help in exchange for the Kun Lake Sword and Du Guangchi’s death.
• After Chun Songzi departed, Lu Sheng killed him, took his inner core, and dove toward the deep-sea volcanic crater.
• Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to derive a Divine Infant cultivation art, forming a nascent blue infant with five thousand times the Infant Qi of other Divine Infant True Lords.
• Lu Sheng unleashed the Overturning Sea Pearl with his new power, causing it to absorb seawater at an accelerating rate as the volcano neared eruption.
• Earth Yin Fire erupted around Lu Sheng, but he smashed the surrounding black flames and their grasping claws with a single blow.

Lu Sheng completed his breakthrough to the Divine Infant realm, overcame the Seven Tribulations, and refined the Overturning Sea Pearl. After testing his new infant qi, he chose two combat techniques to learn next.

• Lu Sheng suppressed the Seven Tribulations with his infant qi as the Overturning Sea Pearl absorbed tens of millions of tons of seawater.
• Lu Sheng filled the Overturning Sea Pearl with infant qi and refined it until he regained complete control of it.
• Lu Sheng tested his infant qi against the Kun Lake Sword and concluded that its quality was weak compared with that of other Divine Infant True Lords.
• Lu Sheng searched Mu Yun Dao Ren's techniques for practical combat methods and selected Weaving Gold Silk and Zombie Refinement.
• Lu Sheng recalled that Weaving Gold Silk used magical-power-hungry ghost spiders to produce tough silk and that a former Heretical Cultivator had once used it to dominate his peers.

Lu Sheng cultivated two heretical arts and prepared to strengthen Mu Wu Cave, while senior Righteous Qi Path figures discussed Yun Ye and the danger gathering overseas. At a meeting of his newly gathered experts, Lu Sheng asserted control after Wind Serpent True Person attacked a subordinate, then announced he would visit the Black Turtle Clan.

• Lu Sheng decided to cultivate spider-silk magic and a zombie-refining method that could use his magic power to produce Silver Corpses.
• A drunken old daoist borrowed the Golden Gong Diagram from his white-robed Junior Brother to protect his disciple Guang Chi from Yun Ye, and the two discussed the growing threat of demon cultivators.
• Lu Sheng presided over a meeting of Mu Wu Cave's newly pledged experts as they voiced concerns about the Righteous Qi Path and the Black Turtle Clan's refusal to respond.
• Lu Sheng said he would personally visit the Black Turtle Clan's territory after Fu Jin explained that the Mirage Mermaid Clan backed them.
• Wind Serpent True Person attacked Silver Blue True Person over the Fufeng Clan's demands, but Lu Sheng stopped him and threatened to kill him if he did it again.

Lu Sheng launched an invasion of the Black Turtle Clan Land, where he faced a coalition of powerful sea-clan cultivators and ignored the Mirage Mermaid Clan's demand to stop. The battle escalated when a hidden defensive formation began to activate across the island.

• Lu Sheng ordered Mu Wu Cave's forces to attack the Black Turtle Clan Land, then flew there with Wind Snake and Fu Jin.
• The Black Turtle Clan's Ice Divine Child confronted the invaders and revealed that the Crimson Awareness Island Master, the Merman Clan Leader, and the Sea Snake Clan Leader had joined him.
• Wind Snake summoned three masked corpse puppets with Core Formation cultivation, matching the enemy's numbers as Lu Sheng watched.
• A Mirage Mermaid Clan demon general appeared and urged Lu Sheng to halt the attack, citing the overseas clans' preparations against the Righteous Qi Path.
• Lu Sheng ordered the attack to continue, and the corpse puppets slaughtered the Black Turtle Clan's soldiers as Wind Snake and Fu Jin engaged the enemy cultivators.
• The furious Mirage Mermaid Clan demon general activated the Sea Dragon Dawn Radiance Grand Formation, causing blue patterns and a growing sphere of electricity to appear across the island.

Lu Sheng destroyed the Black Turtle Clan’s island with his Overturning Sea technique, while Yun Ye’s duel at the Divine Sword Gate ended with his demonic nature exposed and the Four Great Holy Monks attacking him. Far overseas, Lu Sheng sensed a terrifying presence awakening.

• Lu Sheng overwhelmed the Sea Dragon Dawn Radiance Grand Formation and crushed the island beneath a vast tide of seawater infused with his infant qi.
• The Mirage Clam Demon General died from his injuries, and Wind Serpent True Person rallied the demon soldiers around the name Overturning Sea.
• True Lord Yun Ye defeated the Divine Sword Gate Master in their duel, but the Gate Master warned that Yun Ye could not simply take Divine Sword Jun Yao away.
• The Four Great Holy Monks confronted Yun Ye with the Great Demon Subduing Relic and revealed that a demonic shadow had emerged behind him.
• Yun Ye transformed beneath a spreading demonic shadow, and the four monks sacrificed themselves as they charged at him.
• Lu Sheng sensed something awakening far overseas, and the aura from his heart’s main body distorted the surrounding space.