Chapter Summaries

After the allied army meeting, Ling Wuyuan impressed Yue Xiuran and Yu Qiqing with his strength and ability to evade their questions. Back aboard the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s Floating Rune Warship, Yuan Yujun ordered everyone to prepare as the army neared the front lines, where enormous dark crimson thunderclouds appeared.

• Yuan Yujun and Murong Yan led Ling Wuyuan and the others away after the allied army meeting.
• Yue Xiuran and Yu Qiqing reflected on Ling Wuyuan’s polished evasions and sensed the power hidden within him.
• Ling Wuyuan’s companions discussed his skill at talking nonsense in their mental chat group, and he recalled honing those abilities in his previous life.
• Yuan Yujun told the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s sect members to prepare for the approaching battle and remain vigilant.
• As the allied army neared the front lines, an enormous expanse of dark crimson thunderclouds came into view.

Ling Wuyuan and the allied fleet flew through the blood-red thunderclouds toward the front lines, passing over masses of refugees fleeing the Oceanic Alien Race. The refugees hailed the fleet as their savior, while Ling Wuyuan remained unmoved by their hopes.

• Ling Wuyuan sensed the immense destructive power of the lightning surrounding the Floating Rune Warships as the fleet pressed deeper into the storm clouds.
• The allied fleet descended to a lower altitude, allowing Ling Wuyuan to see countless civilians and weaker cultivators migrating in search of safety.
• The refugees saw the vast fleet overhead, and many were astonished or frightened by the sight.
• People who recognized the nations’ flags cheered for the Golden Mist Continent Allied Forces Against the Oceanic Alien Race and believed their country was saved.
• The fleet members felt the refugees’ hopes affect their sense of responsibility, but Ling Wuyuan thought only that the weak had no control over their lives or deaths.

Murong Yan sensed that the sea clans possessed a powerful method for altering the environment and doubted the invasion would be easy to overcome. Her divination failed, leaving her and Yuan Yujun uncertain about the enemy’s plans as the Floating Rune Fleet approached.

• Murong Yan noticed Ling Wuyuan remained unmoved by the suffering below and judged him unusually indifferent to outsiders.
• Murong Yan sensed a powerful force changing the surrounding environment and suspected the sea clans’ origins were not ordinary.
• Murong Yan performed a divination, but the tile revealed that it had failed.
• Yuan Yujun asked why Murong Yan had divined, and Murong Yan explained that she feared the enemy would be difficult to deal with.
• Yuan Yujun linked Murong Yan’s concern to the blood-red thunderclouds, and Murong Yan agreed that the sea clans’ sophisticated environmental method made their invasion seem deliberate.

Murong Yan warned Yuan Yujun that the Sea Race had likely assessed the Golden Mist Continent's strength and possessed formidable methods, so they agreed to retreat if the battle became too dangerous. As Ling Wuyuan and the others saw the Sea Race reshape the land with storms and seawater and assemble a vast army offshore, the invading force's threat became clear.

• Murong Yan cautioned Yuan Yujun that the Sea Race was dangerous but probably not stronger than the allied army, and Yuan Yujun said they should flee if the situation worsened.
• A colossal blood-red pillar and thunderstorm clouds brought torrents of rain and seawater across land tens of thousands of li from the coast.
• Ling Wuyuan saw the land submerged and sinking, and concluded it was becoming uninhabitable swamp.
• Murong Yan and Yuan Yujun observed distant mountains collapsing and enormous tsunamis battering the coast as the Sea Race altered the terrain.
• Murong Yan and Yuan Yujun spotted ranks of monstrous Sea Race troops forming a huge, coordinated battle formation atop the sea.

The Golden Mist Continent Anti-Oceanic Alien Coalition activated its vast formation barrier, weakening the sea clans’ environmental advantage as its Floating Rune Fleet advanced through the marshes. The sea clan army waited near the coast, troubled by the fleet’s strength, while one armored commander warned that the continent was richer and more powerful than expected.

• Murong Yan and Yuan Yujun studied the sea clan army near the blood-red pillar and sensed that its disciplined forces would be difficult to fight.
• The coalition’s experts activated the continent-spanning formation barrier, suppressing the sea clans’ scarlet light and weakening the storms around Ling Wuyuan.
• The Floating Rune Fleet advanced slowly, scanning the marshes and destroying sea monsters and ambushers with repeated attacks.
• Sea clans hidden in the marshes suffered mounting casualties and retreated as the fleet’s aerial advantage overwhelmed them.
• The sea clan army held its positions near the coast, and an armored fish-headed commander warned that Golden Mist Continent was richer and more powerful than they had expected.

Boyi urged the displaced Sea Clan to seize the Golden Mist Continent’s coast, since their weakened people could not risk another migration and needed the region to survive. He and his fellow cultivators then considered how to counter the coalition’s many Floating Rune Warships, which had disrupted their plan to feign weakness and ambush the natives.

• Boyi told a wavering Sea Clan cultivator that they had to fight the continent’s native forces to secure a home for their people.
• The Sea Clan cultivator accepted that they had no safe alternative to war and turned to planning how to deal with their enemies.
• The cultivator complained that the coalition’s many Floating Rune Warships were difficult for their clansmen to counter.
• Boyi realized that their remaining War Weapons were inadequate against the tens of thousands of warships the coalition had deployed.
• Boyi lamented that the Sea Clan’s plan to conceal its True Form Realm cultivators and lure the enemy into an ambush had been undermined by the coalition’s show of force.

The Floating Rune Fleet halted near the Sea Clan army, facing a formation barrier reinforced by deadly storms and lightning. Yuan Yujun warned that a hidden Divine Ability made a direct assault dangerous, but the Black Phase Dynasty launched the attack by firing an azure-blue arrow of light that sliced through the storm barrier.

• The Floating Rune Fleet stopped near the coastline as towering tsunamis, dark-red thunderstorm clouds, and violent winds blocked its advance.
• Yuan Yujun sensed that a Sea Clan cultivator had strengthened the storms with a Divine Ability and warned Ling Wuyuan that the fleet might not withstand them.
• Yuan Yujun said she would leave the attack to the Black Phase Dynasty, whose experts were ready to act as the allied army's organizers.
• The Black Phase Dynasty flagship unleashed its Azure Gloomy Profound Heavy Light, which raced through the barrier and split apart the murky light, thunderclouds, and fierce winds.

Ling Wuyuan’s Azure Gloomy Profound Heavy Light pierced a hidden power in the blood-colored thunderclouds and transformed the clouds and energy into countless crushing azure-blue meteorites. As they descended toward the land and sea, a True Form Realm sea clan cultivator moved to counter the attack.

• Ling Wuyuan’s radiant arrow struck a concealed power drifting within the blood-colored thunderclouds.
• The arrow exploded into azure-blue ghostly light, turning the hidden power and surrounding thunderclouds into enormous, heavy meteorites.
• The meteorites blocked the moonlight and descended across the region, their pressure injuring sea clans and forcing the gigantic tsunamis lower.
• The sea clan powerhouses judged Ling Wuyuan formidable but believed their forces could still handle his attack.
• A True Form Realm sea clan powerhouse sent countless amounts of seawater surging upward toward the sky.

Two True Form Realm sea clan cultivators clashed with Divine Abilities, sending torrents and shockwaves across the ocean. Their exchange shattered super tsunamis and battered weaker factions’ Floating Rune Warships, leaving observers stunned by the scale of their power.

• A sea clan cultivator used a Divine Ability to launch spiraling columns of seawater at the blue-green meteors of Azure Gloomy Profound Heavy Light.
• The two True Form Realm cultivators’ powers collided, and the currents shattered the external powers sealed within Azure Gloomy Profound Heavy Light.
• Their shockwaves tore apart immense super tsunamis and forced seawater into reverse waves that crashed against the advancing tsunamis.
• The shockwaves and hurricanes barely affected Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s Floating Rune Warships but violently shook the weaker factions’ ships.
• Observers witnessed the devastation and questioned how powerful the combatants were after just one exchange.

Yi Guangrui and a White Mist Royal Family elder witnessed the power of True Form Realm cultivators during the battle’s shockwaves. The elder recognized the gap between his own strength and theirs, then wondered how the White Mist Royal Family could win the favor of the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.

• Yi Guangrui watched the shockwaves violently buffet nearby Floating Rune Warships and marveled at the force of the battle.
• A middle-aged Divine Ability Realm man admitted that seeing True Form Realm cultivators fight had shown him how far he was from reaching that realm.
• The man observed that the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s colossal warship remained steady amid the turmoil.
• The man recalled the White Mist Royal Family’s failed attempts to contact the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion and bitterly envied its strength.
• The man considered whether the White Mist Royal Family would have to try even harder to curry favor with the pavilion.

Xi Xianlan and the others watched a battle between powerful experts and realized how vast the gap was between their strength and the fighters’. Yan Xiujin tried to persuade Ling Wuyuan to protect her, but Yuan Yujun disciplined her before returning her attention to the battle.

• Xi Xianlan and the others sensed how helpless and weak they were compared with the two combatants, which made them more eager to grow stronger.
• Yan Xiujin grabbed Ling Wuyuan’s hand and asked him to protect her instead of making her work hard for strength herself.
• Yuan Yujun scolded Yan Xiujin and spanked her while Murong Yan watched with amusement.
• After Yan Xiujin’s bruised butt ended the discipline, Yuan Yujun looked back at the battle and perceived the combatants’ ongoing exchanges of intent and energy.

Yuan Yujun and Murong Yan discussed the rare chance to fight powerful opponents, but Yuan Yujun decided not to intervene. After the two opposing True Form Realm cultivators’ clash ended without either gaining the advantage, both ordered their armies to begin the attack.

• Murong Yan asked Yuan Yujun whether she wanted to fight the two powerful opponents, and Yuan Yujun admitted she was interested but preferred to avoid the trouble of intervening.
• Yuan Yujun said she could protect herself against either opponent, while Murong Yan recalled how seldom a Pavilion Master could fight openly.
• The opposing cultivators’ clash tore apart the clouds and devastated the land, but neither gained the upper hand.
• The two cultivators exchanged killing intent and simultaneously ordered their forces to begin the attack.
• Tens of thousands of Floating Rune Warships unleashed hundreds of thousands or millions of Rune Cannon blasts toward the battlefield.

The Sea Clan struggled to repel the Golden Mist Continent Anti-Oceanic Alien Race Allied Forces’ overwhelming bombardment, forcing a True Form Realm cultivator to help defend their weaker troops. As the allied forces debated whether to probe or attack, Murong Yan stayed neutral but suspected she would be drawn into the fighting.

• The Sea Clan army fired back at the Floating Rune Warships, but its fewer and less mobile War Weapons left it at a severe disadvantage.
• A Sea Clan True Form Realm cultivator joined more than a dozen Divine Ability Realm cultivators to intercept attacks and protect the weaker troops while conserving their strength.
• The Sea Clan cultivator worried that the enemy had powerful experts aboard the warships, whose defensive barriers blocked his attempts to sense them.
• The Golden Mist Continent Anti-Oceanic Alien Race Allied Forces’ True Form Realm cultivators debated testing the Sea Clan’s strength before committing to a full attack.
• Murong Yan remained a neutral observer, though she suspected she would eventually have to act.

A special correspondent from the [News Report] recognized that the invading oceanic race differed greatly from the local races and feared it might ally with them. As the battle spread across the [Golden Mist Continent], Ling Wuyuan watched the opposing forces test each other, including White Mist Country's fierce fight against an oceanic force.

• The powerhouse from the [News Report] identified the invaders as an unfamiliar oceanic race that intended to settle on land and considered whether they could join forces with nearby races.
• Several hours later, the [Golden Mist Continent Alliance Against the Oceanic Alien Race] ended its large-scale bombardment and shifted to fighting across separate areas.
• True Form Realm cultivators from both sides battled high above the battlefield while human forces reclaimed territory and built formation barriers to restore the land's earth veins.
• Ling Wuyuan watched the battle unfold as both sides sent strong and weak forces to confront their counterparts.
• White Mist Country's elite troops and their leaders fought an oceanic force that included at least two Divine Ability Realm cultivators.

Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion received orders to advance against the sea folk, and Yuan Yujun reluctantly joined the campaign. Their heavily armed Floating Rune Warship devastated enemy forces while Yuan Yujun reshaped the terrain, and the ship continued pushing deep into the battlefield.

• Ling Wuyuan asked Yuan Yujun whether Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion would soon be sent into battle, and Yuan Yujun said it probably would.
• Murong Yan reassured Yuan Yujun that Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion could defend its territory and rely on its overseas forces if necessary.
• The allied army’s commander ordered Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s Floating Rune Warship to advance from the north and adjust the terrain along the way, and Yuan Yujun agreed to follow the order.
• Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s warship advanced under unlimited ammunition, blasting sea folk forces, including enemies hiding deep underground.
• Yuan Yujun manipulated earth veins as the warship advanced, transforming swamps, waterways, and the ground beneath it.

Ling Wuyuan reflected on his lack of strength and knowledge while the Floating Rune Warship helped restore the Golden Mist Continent and suppress the Sea Clan. As an enemy arrived, Murong Yan went to meet them, and the two vanished to fight in the distant sky.

• Yuan Yujun used the Floating Rune Warship's array barriers to repair the environment and strengthen the locals while suppressing invading enemies.
• Ling Wuyuan watched the battle and recognized that his Source Gathering Realm strength was too low to fight, though he hoped to someday reach the Divine Ability Realm.
• Ling Wuyuan considered his limited knowledge and continued practicing by improving basic cultivation techniques, martial arts, and secret arts in preparation for finding his own path.
• Murong Yan warned Ling Wuyuan that their opponent had arrived and told him to take it easy.
• A distant enemy launched a massive Water Blade at the Floating Rune Warship, but an invisible force dispersed it; Murong Yan and the enemy then vanished to fight in the high sky.

The Golden Mist Continent Anti-Oceanic Alien Coalition and the seafolk both split their forces into one-on-one fights because their factions lacked coordination and could not trust one another. The chapter leaves a seafolk expert facing Murong Yan, already convinced he may have drawn a hopeless opponent.

• The Golden Mist Continent Anti-Oceanic Alien Coalition abandoned group attacks and divided its fighters into smaller units when it realized the enemy's numbers and strength were greater than expected.
• The seafolk matched the Coalition's tactic, though both sides assumed the other had a coordinated plan.
• The chapter revealed that the seafolk, like the Coalition, were makeshift teammates burdened by old rivalries and poor coordination.
• The seafolk expert facing Murong Yan sensed that she was exceptionally strong before either of them exchanged blows.

Murong Yan deliberately prolonged her duel with a Sea Folk True Form Realm cultivator to avoid being assigned more work and to gauge the enemy’s strength. Meanwhile, Yuan Yujun slowed the group’s advance and reassured Ling Wuyuan that Murong Yan could protect herself unless a stronger expert intervened.

• Murong Yan decided to fake a drawn-out match rather than quickly defeat her Sea Folk opponent, whom she judged to be no great threat.
• Murong Yan gestured that she would fight with one hand, humiliating the True Form Realm cultivator and prompting him to use his full strength.
• Yuan Yujun slowed the group’s advance after Murong Yan left, both to reduce the chance of attracting powerful enemies and to avoid overexerting Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.
• Yuan Yujun explained that Murong Yan’s defensive ability surpassed her offensive ability and that she could escape with the group if trouble arose.
• Ling Wuyuan accepted Yuan Yujun’s reassurance and wondered what kind of Divine Ability Murong Yan possessed.

Yue Yilong observed the coalition’s divided forces and the sea folk’s seemingly inexhaustible True Form Realm experts, then entered the battle as the coalition’s fourteenth and final cultivator of that realm. He discovered that the sea folk really did outnumber them and anxiously awaited reinforcements.

• Yue Yilong assessed Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion and other allied forces as capable but hesitant to commit their full strength, while noting that the sea folk also lacked cooperation and held back.
• Yue Yilong realized that the sea folk could match each of the coalition’s True Form Realm cultivators and seemed to have more experts in reserve than any single Southern Region force.
• Yue Yilong recalled that many forces invited by the Black Phase Dynasty to observe had been drawn into battle because withdrawing would disgrace their factions.
• Yue Yilong consulted another Black Phase Dynasty cultivator in the True Form realm and chose to keep watching while the coalition increased its commitment.
• Several hours later, Yue Yilong entered the field as the coalition’s fourteenth and final True Form Realm cultivator, then cursed when he saw that the sea folk outnumbered them and asked when reinforcements would arrive.

Yuan Yujun warned Xi Xianlan that the coalition was running short of fighters while the sea clan's strength remained unknown, prompting fears for the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion. She reassured the sect that it could withstand a siege and that true reinforcements would arrive within two or three months.

• After Yue Yilong entered the battle, Yuan Yujun concluded that the coalition had exhausted its capable fighters, while the sea clan might still have many True Form Realm experts.
• Xi Xianlan asked whether they were about to lose, and Yuan Yujun said the coalition could fall into disadvantage unless other forces sent reinforcements.
• Xi Xianlan suggested relocating the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion to avoid the war, while Ling Wuyuan privately considered retreating and reclaiming their homeland later.
• Yuan Yujun assured Xi Xianlan that Jade Night Snow Mountain could withstand even a siege by twenty or thirty True Form Realm experts for a year and a half.
• Yuan Yujun said reinforcements would arrive in two or three months and declared that True Form Realm experts could never destroy the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.