Chapter Summaries

Ling Wuyuan prepared to join Wu Yanlian, Xi Xianlan, and Bai Jingshu on an expedition into the dangerous Dragon Beast Sea Ridge secret realm. Pei Yiman urged him to review the sect’s intelligence and prepare, and he agreed.

• Ling Wuyuan learned that Dragon Beast Sea Ridge was a vast ocean-and-island secret realm that appeared once every hundred years and contained valuable beasts, dragon creatures, and artificial artifacts.
• Ling Wuyuan learned that explorers faced a casualty rate of nearly two-thirds, though the strongest recorded creatures were rare Enlightened Intent Realm overlords.
• Pei Yiman decided Ling Wuyuan’s team was powerful enough to handle the realm’s threats, especially with Yuan Yujun arranging safeguards.
• Pei Yiman asked Ling Wuyuan to study the sect’s secret materials about the realm and prepare carefully before entering.
• Ling Wuyuan reassured Pei Yiman that he understood and agreed that necessary preparations still mattered.

Ling Wuyuan joined Xi Xianlan and Yuan Yujun’s expedition into the [Secret Realm—Dragon Beast Sea Ridge], hoping to gain intelligence and rewards from the Pavilion’s elders. He won Xi Xianlan over with extravagant flattery and arranged to go shopping with her, while Yuan Yujun privately wondered whether she should teach her disciples about boundaries between men and women.

• Ling Wuyuan asked to join Xi Xianlan and Yuan Yujun’s expedition, and Yuan Yujun agreed to share the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion]’s intelligence and suggested he speak with elders about rewards.
• Xi Xianlan welcomed Ling Wuyuan onto the team, boasted about her strength, and promised to show it if they encountered a formidable opponent.
• Ling Wuyuan used his [Rainbow Chain Fart!!] to shower Xi Xianlan with praise, pleasing her and making Yuan Yujun look away in embarrassment.
• Xi Xianlan offered to treat Ling Wuyuan to a meal, and he countered by proposing a shopping trip together the next day.
• Yuan Yujun watched Xi Xianlan grow close to Ling Wuyuan and wondered whether she should teach Xi Xianlan and Wu Yanlian about boundaries, though she doubted her own knowledge.

Ling Wuyuan enjoyed a lively gathering with his companions before reading Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s reports about the [Secret Realm—Dragon Beast Sea Ridge]. The reports revealed that the secret realm contained dinosaur-like dragons and might actually be an enormous world in outer space, leaving him astonished and eager to learn more.

• Ling Wuyuan watched Yan Xiujin eat while Xi Xianlan and Wu Yanlian cheerfully argued over whose turn it was to speak, and he felt grateful for the warmth of the gathering.
• Ling Wuyuan remembered that the [Secret Realm—Dragon Beast Sea Ridge] would reconnect with the main spacetime in half a month and considered reviewing Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s intelligence.
• Ling Wuyuan examined explorers’ drawings and was shocked to find that the secret realm’s dragon beasts included enormous dinosaurs, Eastern dragons, and Western dragons.
• Ling Wuyuan read maps and reports describing the secret realm’s vast scale, unique resources, and strange region high above its surface where objects floated in darkness.
• Ling Wuyuan inferred from the reports that the [Secret Realm—Dragon Beast Sea Ridge] might be an immense sphere in outer space, and he was astonished by the possibility.

Ling Wuyuan studied Dragon Beast Sea Ridge and concluded that the expedition would be valuable and manageable, leaving him eager to explore it. As he and his companions prepared to depart, he dismissed challengers as unworthy unless they first proved themselves against a neighboring country’s top Hero Ranking fighter.

• Ling Wuyuan spent two hours studying Dragon Beast Sea Ridge and judged that his group could handle its dangers while finding valuable discoveries.
• Bai Jingshu advised Ling Wuyuan to plan what he wanted to search for, and he agreed without explaining his interests.
• Half a month later, Wu Yanlian asked Ling Wuyuan about challengers, and he said he had ignored them unless they could defeat a neighboring country’s top Hero Ranking fighter without injury.
• Ling Wuyuan compared unqualified challengers to ants and said they first had to prove they deserved the chance to be stepped on by him.
• The Jade Night Tower Ship descended, and Ling Wuyuan told Wu Yanlian it was time to leave for Dragon Beast Sea Ridge.

Yuan Yujun escorted Ling Wuyuan and her disciples to the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, grumbling that the elders of Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion had pushed the duty onto her. After Ling Wuyuan flattered her, she cheered up and prepared to set off with her disciples.

• Yuan Yujun told Ling Wuyuan that the elders had assigned her to escort the group because they thought she was of little use at the pavilion.
• Yuan Yujun recalled how her Master had tricked her into becoming Pavilion Master by promising she would be free to give orders and enjoy herself.
• Yuan Yujun secretly hoped Yan Xiujin and Wu Yanlian would inherit her position so she could retire in a few decades.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized Yuan Yujun's resentment and praised the elders for trusting her abilities and praised her care for her disciples.
• Yuan Yujun brightened at Ling Wuyuan's words and told the group it was time to set off.

Ling Wuyuan and his companions waited for a space-time rift to open into the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, then entered before it closed. Yuan Yujun remained behind aboard the Jade Night Tower Ship, waiting for them to contact her.

• Ling Wuyuan and the others arrived at the fog-covered marsh basin, where strangers watched the Jade Night Tower Ship with uncertainty and alarm.
• Yuan Yujun calculated that the space-time intersection would occur in roughly five hours, and the group waited while making their own preparations.
• As the intersection neared, Ling Wuyuan sensed another space-time approaching, and Yuan Yujun steered the ship toward the opening point.
• A spatial rift appeared, violently sucking in and expelling air, sludge, shrubs, and creatures before it stabilized.
• Yuan Yujun ordered the group to set out, and Ling Wuyuan, Wu Yanlian, Xi Xianlan, and Bai Jingshu entered the rift.
• More than three hundred people entered before the rift vanished, and Yuan Yujun raised the Jade Night Tower Ship above the clouds to await contact.

Ling Wuyuan and his companions were violently ejected from the spatial rift into the sky above Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, where Xi Xianlan stopped their fall with true qi. After seeing other entrants scattered across the sky, the group began descending to inspect the terrain below.

• Ling Wuyuan sensed they were about to exit the Space Tunnel and bound Xi Xianlan, Wu Yanlian, and Bai Jingshu to himself with true qi.
• The four were blasted from the spatial rift at extreme speed and spiraled through the sky, trailing flames.
• Xi Xianlan surrounded the group with true qi, stopped them in midair, and asked whether they should choose a direction or descend.
• Bai Jingshu suggested descending first to see whether they were above the ocean or an island, and Wu Yanlian agreed.
• More entrants were hurled from the rift, breaking through the clouds as they streaked away, and Xi Xianlan led her companions downward without intervening.

Ling Wuyuan and his companions reached a vast island in the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, where they encountered a wounded pterosaur pursued by a Black Dragon. Wu Yanlian killed the pterosaur, while Ling Wuyuan took control of the Black Dragon with a glance.

• Xi Xianlan used a rune compass to guide Ling Wuyuan and the others across the sea in search of an island.
• After nearly an hour of flight, the group found a vast island and decided to explore it.
• A wounded pterosaur fled through the clouds toward the group, pursued by a Black Dragon.
• Wu Yanlian killed the approaching pterosaur with blades of airflow.
• The Black Dragon roared at the group, but Ling Wuyuan met its gaze and controlled it before Wu Yanlian could attack.

Ling Wuyuan used a mental beast-taming method to bring a black dragon under his control, astonishing Bai Jingshu and reminding her of Yuan Yujun’s praise of his extraordinary talent. He and Bai Jingshu then rode the dragon toward nearby powerful creatures and valuable treasures.

• Xi Xianlan and Bai Jingshu sensed Ling Wuyuan’s overwhelming mental power subdue the black dragon.
• Bai Jingshu tested the dragon by wounding its tail, then asked Ling Wuyuan how he had tamed it.
• Ling Wuyuan said he had used a method from a book for the first time and explained that the dragon had retained most of its combat strength but lost its independence.
• Bai Jingshu recalled Yuan Yujun’s explanation that Ling Wuyuan’s genius surpassed ordinary comparison and understood why the sect’s elders sought to guide him.
• Ling Wuyuan invited Bai Jingshu onto the black dragon’s back and ordered it to seek nearby powerful creatures and precious things.
• The black dragon flew off at extreme speed with Ling Wuyuan and Bai Jingshu aboard.

Bai Jingshu consulted Yuan Yujun about an unknown precious herb, while explaining how Ling Wuyuan had quickly tamed a local dragon beast to guide the group to it. Yuan Yujun praised Ling Wuyuan’s abilities as Bai Jingshu continued investigating how to harvest the herb safely.

• Bai Jingshu examined a rare blue herb but could not identify its properties or determine whether it was ready to harvest.
• Yuan Yujun remotely guided Bai Jingshu’s investigation and expressed surprise that the group had found an unknown precious herb so quickly.
• Bai Jingshu explained that she and the others had fallen from a spatial rift into the ocean and found an island rather than landing in a treasure ground.
• Bai Jingshu credited Ling Wuyuan with finding the herb after using beast-taming methods to control a local dragon beast.
• Bai Jingshu told Yuan Yujun that Ling Wuyuan had instantly tamed the Qi Nourishing Realm dragon beast and sent it to search for treasures.
• Yuan Yujun praised Ling Wuyuan for repeatedly displaying unexpected capabilities.

Yuan Yujun checked how her disciples were coping with Dragon Beast Sea Ridge’s environmental suppression and warned them to establish a camp and adjust before exploring further. Ling Wuyuan appeared unaffected as he brutally overpowered the herb’s guardian, a gigantic dragon beast.

• Yuan Yujun explained that Dragon Beast Sea Ridge’s different environment suppressed outsiders and could kill those below the Qi Nourishing Realm, so newcomers usually needed time to adapt.
• Xi Xianlan, Wu Yanlian, and Bai Jingshu reported having about seventy, forty, and sixty percent of their peak combat power, respectively.
• Yuan Yujun asked how Ling Wuyuan was doing, and the others said he seemed exceptionally well and was beating the herb’s guardian.
• Bai Jingshu saw Ling Wuyuan swinging the dragon beast by its tail and told Yuan Yujun that he showed no sign of being weakened.
• Yuan Yujun warned the disciples to set up camp and adjust their condition after dealing with the herb, while Ling Wuyuan continued fighting the enormous flame- and lightning-wielding beast.

Ling Wuyuan let the Dragon Beast unleash a devastating beam at him, triggering an enormous explosion and a towering sand-and-stone tsunami. Xi Xianlan shielded herself, Wu Yanlian, and Bai Jingshu as the tsunami swept toward them, leaving Ling Wuyuan’s fate unclear.

• The Dragon Beast charged a dark crimson attack in its mouth, while Xi Xianlan, Wu Yanlian, and Bai Jingshu sensed its deadly power and chose not to intervene.
• The Dragon Beast fired a beam at Ling Wuyuan, including its own tail in the attack, and Ling Wuyuan calmly let the beam hit him.
• The beam’s impact erupted into a vast pillar of light and sent powerful shockwaves across the surrounding region.
• Billions of tons of earth and debris surged outward in a towering tsunami, grinding trees and rocks to pieces.
• Xi Xianlan formed a true-qi barrier around herself, Wu Yanlian, and Bai Jingshu as the tsunami struck and forced the ground beneath them out of place.

Xi Xianlan, Bai Jingshu, and Wu Yanlian assessed the Dragon Beast’s devastating attack and discussed the vast gap between their strength. Ling Wuyuan emerged from the dust after testing his defensive ability and stopped the colossal, charred Dragon Beast as it rolled toward them.

• Xi Xianlan anchored the ground and swept away the torrent of sand and stone so she and the others could see the blood-red pillar and the devastation around them.
• Wu Yanlian asked whether Xi Xianlan and Bai Jingshu could withstand the Dragon Beast’s attack, and both said they could because its immense energy was used crudely.
• Bai Jingshu teased Wu Yanlian about needing to train more, while Xi Xianlan sensed that Ling Wuyuan was safe and realized he was testing his defensive ability.
• Xi Xianlan and Bai Jingshu sensed a colossal, charred Dragon Beast falling from the sky and rolling toward them, and Xi Xianlan prepared to stop it.
• Ling Wuyuan landed before Xi Xianlan and the others and halted the rolling Dragon Beast with a light kick.

Ling Wuyuan’s injuries healed almost instantly, astonishing Wu Yanlian. He then revealed that he planned to try taming the badly wounded Dragon Beast, though Bai Jingshu warned that Dragon Beasts resisted mental power.

• Wu Yanlian discovered minor injuries on Ling Wuyuan’s chest and watched them heal completely within seconds.
• Ling Wuyuan joked that his constitution was better because he had studied sports in his past life.
• Bai Jingshu noticed the Dragon Beast was still alive, and Ling Wuyuan said it would die soon if he did not act.
• Xi Xianlan guessed that Ling Wuyuan intended to tame the Dragon Beast, and he confirmed it.
• Bai Jingshu warned that Dragon Beasts had strong resistance to mental power, but Ling Wuyuan decided to try taming it anyway.

Ling Wuyuan discovered that the Dragon Beast had a nearly flawless Psychic Isolation Force Field that weakened as its life faded. He suspected the widespread resistance to psychic power among Dragon Beast Sea Ridge's creatures pointed to a hidden planetary secret, but lacked enough evidence to uncover it.

• Ling Wuyuan probed the half-dead Dragon Beast and found an invisible Psychic Isolation Force Field surrounding it without any gaps.
• Ling Wuyuan observed that the force field weakened alongside the Dragon Beast and inferred that it remained active until the creature died.
• Ling Wuyuan reasoned that such a targeted ability suggested local life faced persistent psychic threats, rather than occasional outside explorers.
• Ling Wuyuan recalled that insects and birds in Dragon Beast Sea Ridge also resisted psychic power, indicating the trait was widespread.
• Ling Wuyuan considered possible explanations for the planetwide adaptation but, lacking evidence, stored his questions for future investigation.

Ling Wuyuan attempted to tame the nearly dead dragon beast, but a sudden bodily reaction killed it before he could finish forming the Beast-Taming Secret Seal. He admitted the failure while revealing that he had discovered something important, and clarified that the dragon beast’s worst injuries were mostly self-inflicted.

• Ling Wuyuan kept the dragon beast alive with a pill, broke through its psychic isolation field, and began forming a Beast-Taming Secret Seal in its consciousness.
• As the seal neared completion, a special energy triggered the dragon beast’s body to convulse, and it died despite Ling Wuyuan’s efforts.
• Xi Xianlan recognized that the taming had failed, while Ling Wuyuan said an unexpected event had occurred and hinted that he had discovered something important.
• Bai Jingshu noted the dragon beast’s final twitch, and Ling Wuyuan explained that its severe injuries made the stress response fatal.
• Wu Yanlian prepared to dismantle the corpse and asked whether Ling Wuyuan had decided to tame the beast only after fighting it; he replied that most of its injuries were self-inflicted.

Ling Wuyuan assessed the modified Tyrannosaurus Rex’s injuries and explained that its own attack had caused most of the damage, while his body had barely been hurt. Ling Wuyuan, Wu Yanlian, Xi Xianlan, and Bai Jingshu then divided and preserved the dragon beast’s valuable remains.

• Ling Wuyuan concluded that the modified Tyrannosaurus Rex had been badly injured by the eruption of its own attack, while he had suffered only minor wounds.
• Wu Yanlian acknowledged Ling Wuyuan’s strength and joked that she would have her turn to show off someday.
• Ling Wuyuan, Wu Yanlian, Xi Xianlan, and Bai Jingshu agreed on how to process the dragon beast’s corpse and assigned each other tasks.
• Xi Xianlan skinned and removed the bones, Bai Jingshu assessed and roughly divided the organs and muscles, and Ling Wuyuan and Wu Yanlian refined the processed parts.
• The four of them divided, packed, and preserved the nearly million-ton corpse in just over ten minutes, leaving only useless remains behind.

Ling Wuyuan and the others surveyed the devastation left by the Dragon Beast’s final attack in Dragon Beast Sea Ridge and discussed how the realm’s environment amplified destruction. They left the wreckage behind to find a place to camp and handle the matters ahead.

• Ling Wuyuan told Wu Yanlian that the Dragon Beast’s strike had driven him about fifty li underground into the magma before he climbed back out.
• Ling Wuyuan joked about swimming in lava, and Wu Yanlian elbowed him while Xi Xianlan and Bai Jingshu teased them about their relationship.
• Bai Jingshu and Xi Xianlan assessed the destruction and found that the attack had flattened at least six hundred li of terrain in every direction.
• Wu Yanlian explained that Dragon Beast Sea Ridge’s rules allowed attacks to cause far more destruction than they would in the outside world.
• Bai Jingshu suggested testing their power against a strong opponent, and Xi Xianlan agreed before they decided to find a place to camp.

Ling Wuyuan, Bai Jingshu, Xi Xianlan, and Wu Yanlian measured Dragon Beast Sea Ridge’s time flow and estimated how long they could remain there. With about 130 days inside and a construction puppet ready to build their base, the group prepared to begin exploring.

• Ling Wuyuan and Bai Jingshu assembled a clock to compare time in Dragon Beast Sea Ridge with the outside Main Spacetime while Xi Xianlan and Wu Yanlian calculated the realm’s repulsive force.
• Bai Jingshu found that two and a half days in Dragon Beast Sea Ridge equaled one day outside, and Xi Xianlan reported that the group could stay in the realm for about 130 days.
• Wu Yanlian revealed a multi-armed construction puppet she had borrowed from the Puppet Institute to build their base.
• Bai Jingshu and Xi Xianlan praised Wu Yanlian’s preparation, and Ling Wuyuan agreed to cook for her in return for her help.

Ling Wuyuan and Bai Jingshu finished building and fortifying a hidden encampment while Wu Yanlian complained about waiting for dinner and questioned why the sun and moon moved across the sky. The chapter ended with Ling Wuyuan completing the formation barrier and asking Wu Yanlian what she wanted to eat.

• Ling Wuyuan and Bai Jingshu reinforced the fortress and set up barriers around the encampment, with Bai Jingshu focusing on insect control, temperature, and lighting.
• Wu Yanlian interrupted Ling Wuyuan to ask when they could eat, then climbed into a tree and complained that the sun should never set.
• Wu Yanlian explained that she considered the three lights in Dragon Beast Sea Ridge mere imitations of the sacred sun, and questioned the differences between the sun and moon.
• Ling Wuyuan silently endured Wu Yanlian's monologue and finished setting up the formation barrier.
• Ling Wuyuan asked Wu Yanlian what dishes she wanted, and she cheered at the prospect of dinner.