Chapter Summaries

Ling Wuyuan set out from the Floating Rune Warship to explore the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea, with Yan Manyan accompanying him as his safeguard. Onlookers recognized Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s ship and worried its arrival might affect the Deep Shadow Fish Tide.

• Yan Manyan told Ling Wuyuan she would accompany him to the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea and said he should call her if anything happened.
• Ling Wuyuan left the Floating Rune Warship and flew toward the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea.
• Onlookers recognized the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion flags and wondered why its experts had come during the Deep Shadow Fish Tide.
• The onlookers discussed the sea’s deadly depths and the immense, unpredictable Deep Shadow Demon Fish that surfaced during the tide.

Ling Wuyuan entered the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea and descended into its lightless deep-sea region, where he encountered swarms of Deep Shadow Demon Fish. He unleashed his spiritual power to annihilate the creatures as they charged him.

• Onlookers split between withdrawing from the Deep Shadow Fish Tide and staying to seek an opportunity.
• Ling Wuyuan plunged into the sea, where its corrosive force tried and failed to erode his protective true essence.
• Ling Wuyuan crossed into the deep-sea region and spotted the bizarre Deep Shadow Demon Fish in the darkness.
• The Deep Shadow Demon Fish swarmed Ling Wuyuan despite sensing that he was dangerous.
• Ling Wuyuan spread his spiritual power and caused the attacking Deep Shadow Demon Fish to collapse and vanish.

Ling Wuyuan used [Doomfall Calamity] and [Torrent of Destiny] to analyze the [Deep Shadow Demon Fish] and record their weaknesses as he fought them in the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea]. As the battle drew more fish from the surrounding depths, he unleashed gray-mist fish against them in a widening clash between two seas.

• Ling Wuyuan identified the [Deep Shadow Demon Fish]’s weaknesses and recorded detailed data about them in a mental database.
• After absorbing the vanguard fish, Ling Wuyuan charged toward the deeper swarms and spread gray mist through the sea.
• The escalating battle attracted [Deep Shadow Demon Fish] from the shallows and the deepest reaches of the ocean.
• Ling Wuyuan shaped the mist into fish that hunted and devoured the [Deep Shadow Demon Fish], turning the fight into a clash between two seas.

The arrival of Ling Wuyuan drew most of the Deep Shadow Demon Fish away, changing the Deep Shadow Fish Tide and prompting cultivators to reconsider entering the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea. Deep within the sea, observers discovered two vast, differently colored waters clashing in a brutal struggle.

• Cultivators waiting near the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea found far fewer Deep Shadow Demon Fish than in previous tides.
• They learned that Ling Wuyuan had drawn most of the fish into the depths, leading some cultivators to leave and others to enter the sea in search of resources and legacies.
• Several hours later, the first cultivators to venture inside discovered a deep-gray sea and a deep-black sea relentlessly eroding one another.
• The observers realized they had entered a realm beyond their reach and saw countless fish at the borders of the two seas charging and devouring one another.

Ling Wuyuan fought the [Deep Shadow Fish Tide] by matching its overwhelming numbers with hundreds of millions of mist-fish, while using the battle to hone his control and timing. On the tenth day, gray mist spread into the shallow waters, alarming the watching explorers and leaving them unsure whether Ling Wuyuan had been overwhelmed.

• Ling Wuyuan continuously devoured [Deep Shadow Demon Fish] to keep his True Essence replenished as he battled the tide.
• Ling Wuyuan condensed his True Essence into hundreds of millions of [Gray Mist Fish] and fought the [Deep Shadow Demon Fish] in a massive clash, refining his attack timing.
• As Ling Wuyuan descended deeper into the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea], he sensed a growing threat and recalled Yan Manyan's warning about its dangers.
• On the tenth day, explorers saw faint [Gray Mist] spreading across the calm sea and growing denser toward the depths.
• Explorers wondered whether Ling Wuyuan had been overwhelmed and debated whether to leave or stay.

Yan Manyan watched Ling Wuyuan’s Gray Mist expand into a vast battlefield as the Deep Shadow Fish Tide drew in increasingly powerful Deep Shadow Demon Fish. The high-level fish attacked through the shadow plane, creating passages that let countless others strike the mist from unexpected directions.

• Yan Manyan observed the Gray Mist spread from the depths toward the sea’s surface, covering nearly one-thousandth of the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea.
• The expanding Gray Mist drew in Deep Shadow Demon Fish from across the sea, including high-level fish powerful enough to threaten True Form Realm or Heart Domain Realm cultivators.
• High-level Deep Shadow Demon Fish attacked the Gray Mist by traveling through the shadow plane and swallowing their targets.
• Powerful fish left shadow passages that weaker Deep Shadow Demon Fish used to move freely between locations.
• Countless fish of all levels used the passages to hunt and tear at the Gray Mist in coordinated attacks.

Ling Wuyuan deduced how the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea empowered the Deep Shadow Demon Fish to fight as a swarm and concluded that the sea held secrets worth investigating. As the fish tide broke through his mist defenses and its strongest members charged toward the center, he sent several enormous Mist Fish to confront them.

• Ling Wuyuan determined that the Deep Shadow Demon Fish gained strength and suppressed foreign energies through fields linked to the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea.
• He inferred that the sea contained special powers or resources that sustained the fish and might explain why the torrent of destiny had directed him there.
• Led by several Heart Domain Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish, the fish tide tore through the gray-mist defense and surged inside.
• The empowered fish tore through the mist while the strongest charged toward its center, sensing that it was the key to destroying the defense.
• Ling Wuyuan stayed back and summoned several enormous, ferocious Mist Fish to meet the attackers.

Ling Wuyuan used his sea of mist and powerful Gray Mist Fish to turn the battle against the Deep Shadow Fish Tide, killing several Heart Domain Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish. The fight drew the attention of a Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish, whose attack tore a vast fissure through the sea of mist, as other beings of its realm also turned toward Ling Wuyuan.

• Ling Wuyuan formed an extraordinary barrier with the sea of mist, disrupting the Deep Shadow Demon Fish’s abilities and shadow passages.
• The high-level Gray Mist Fish overwhelmed the Deep Shadow Demon Fish inside the mist, trapping and hunting even their Heart Domain Realm fighters.
• Several Heart Domain Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish died and were converted into Gray Mist, strengthening Ling Wuyuan’s sea of mist.
• A powerful Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish attacked from afar, tearing a vast fissure through the sea of mist.
• Other Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish in the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea turned their attention toward the sea of mist.

A black pillar tore through the sea and sky, unleashing falling shadows whose pressure threatened to kill the cultivators below. Yan Manyan erased the shadows and their storms in an instant, leaving a vast hole in the sky and the cultivators stunned by her power.

• A black pillar pierced the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea and burst above the clouds, plunging the sky into darkness.
• Countless black shadows fell from the sky, creating crushing pressure, violent winds, and bowl-shaped hollows in the sea.
• The cultivators tried to flee, but chaotic space and the shadows’ growing pressure left most with little chance of escape.
• Yan Manyan calmly extended her power from the Floating Rune Warship and made the shadows, dark clouds, and gales vanish.
• The sky cleared around an enormous hole, and the cultivators stared at the sunlight in shock at Yan Manyan’s power.

Yan Manyan contained the destruction spreading from the battle as Ling Wuyuan finally prepared to face the Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish in earnest. The demon fish sensed danger from his sword but answered with a burst of ferocity.

• A colossal pillar of seawater rose into the sky, drawing in the surrounding ocean and sending devastating tsunamis across the sea.
• Cultivators fled as they realized the surging waters could crush them, while Yan Manyan foresaw destruction reaching distant regions.
• Yan Manyan decided to confine the battle's effects to the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea because the surrounding regions would soon belong to the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.
• The Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish attacked Ling Wuyuan with a beam of shadow that pierced through vast stretches of seawater.
• Ling Wuyuan evaded the beam as gray mist, reformed, and reached for his sword, making the demon fish sense imminent danger.
• The Deep Shadow Demon Fish responded to the danger by erupting with ferocity.

Ling Wuyuan confronted a Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish in the Deep Shadow Sea and chose to fight it without first eliminating its allies. As he drew his reinforced sword, his Doomfall Calamity sublimated, and his slash struck the fish while astonishing Yan Manyan from hundreds of millions of miles away.

• The Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish charged Ling Wuyuan, absorbing lesser Deep Shadow Demon Fish to boost its speed and strength.
• Ling Wuyuan realized that clearing out the surrounding fish would weaken his opponent, but decided he could win without taking that shortcut.
• Ling Wuyuan drew his reinforced Void Glimpse Realm Rune Weapon, and his Doomfall Calamity sublimated as he prepared to strike.
• Ling Wuyuan unleashed a rainbow-colored slash that cleaved through tangible and intangible obstacles and affected the Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish.
• Yan Manyan, hundreds of millions of miles away, stared in shock at the slash.

Ling Wuyuan drew his sword in earnest for the first time in years, and his resolve to kill awakened a new level of power and technique. As his slash became a breathtaking streak of light, the Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish could only marvel at its beauty.

• Ling Wuyuan reflected on how knowledge from Shen Zhenhai and the Black Omen Battlefield's inheritances had elevated his combat techniques beyond the understanding of Su Qingyue and the surrounding Domains.
• Ling Wuyuan realized that he had been missing the serious intent to kill, since he had treated the Anwan Sea Tribe as toys rather than enemies.
• Ling Wuyuan accepted that his peaceful life had been part of what he wanted, while acknowledging his growing desire to gain and possess more.
• Ling Wuyuan drew his longsword and attacked with genuine resolve, causing new powers and techniques to emerge from his heart and body.
• The Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish watched Ling Wuyuan's sword light and instinctively thought that it was beautiful.

Ling Wuyuan killed a Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish with a sword technique that Yan Manyan recognized as a rule-defying power of death. Yan Manyan was overwhelmed by the technique and saw how far her skill lagged behind his, while the dying demon fish felt only joy at having witnessed the sword.

• Ling Wuyuan's rainbow blade caused the Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish to stop attacking and accept the strike.
• Ling Wuyuan's sword cleaved the demon fish apart, and Yan Manyan sensed that it had imposed death through fate and causality.
• Yan Manyan realized the technique surpassed the ordinary scope of the Void Glimpse Realm and Heavenly Position Realm and could only be reached at the Eternal Life Realm or higher.
• Yan Manyan felt shaken and ashamed of her own swordsmanship after seeing Ling Wuyuan's technique.
• The dying Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish felt no regret or pain and wished only that it had encountered Ling Wuyuan sooner.

Ling Wuyuan underwent a sweeping transformation in technique and power, and [Doomfall Calamity] let him perceive and exploit the weaknesses of everything around him. He left the [Void Glimpse Realm] close at hand after discovering that his attack had killed the [Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish] and every other nearby [Deep Shadow Demon Fish].

• Ling Wuyuan completed a fluid sword swing and realized his technique, physical abilities, and control of power had greatly improved.
• Ling Wuyuan activated [Doomfall Calamity] and used a casual sweep of his hand to annihilate seawater and warp space.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized that [Doomfall Calamity] worked through [Cognition] and [Analysis] to reveal and exploit weaknesses.
• Ling Wuyuan judged that he was close to advancing from the [Heart Domain Realm] into the [Void Glimpse Realm].
• Ling Wuyuan examined the dead [Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish] and understood that his wound had distorted its fate and causality, preventing recovery.
• Ling Wuyuan saw that his killing intent had spread through his strike and killed all the surrounding [Deep Shadow Demon Fish], despite not hitting them directly.

Ling Wuyuan devoured the Deep Shadow Demon Fish corpses and descended into the depths of the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea, where Doomfall Calamity nullified the crushing pressure and other environmental forces. The remaining Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish awaited him without resistance, and he continued downward toward them.

• Ling Wuyuan used the gray mist to rapidly decompose and devour the Deep Shadow Demon Fish corpses, including the Void Glimpse Realm corpse.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed two more Void Glimpse Realm Deep Shadow Demon Fish below and realized they wanted him to kill them after their spiritual wills had collapsed before his sword strike.
• Five days passed, and the sea's lingering surface turmoil concealed that the battle had ended and the Deep Shadow Demon Fish were willingly offering their lives to Ling Wuyuan.
• Ling Wuyuan descended into the abyss while relaying information through the Gray Mist Imprint to Pei Yiman and the others, who passed it to Yan Manyan.
• Doomfall Calamity destroyed the sea pressure, corrosive forces, and suppression around Ling Wuyuan, letting him continue deeper without interference.

Ling Wuyuan followed a karmic pull to a vast cave in the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea] and discovered a spacetime [Hole] linked to the sea’s strange energy and the [Deep Shadow Demon Fish]. When he forced his way into the [Hole], an ancient power awakened and sent streams of information into his mind.

• Ling Wuyuan observed the cave and sensed that countless powerful karmic connections surrounded it, though the cave itself seemed relatively safe.
• Ling Wuyuan pushed through a violent current inside the cave and recognized that its energy shared a close connection with the [Deep Shadow Demon Fish].
• Ling Wuyuan reached the cave’s deepest point and found a ghostly blue [Hole] in the structure of spacetime, from which seawater poured into the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea].
• Ling Wuyuan realized the [Hole] likely shaped the sea and that something inside it was important to him, so he forced his way through the torrent into it.
• Ling Wuyuan triggered a vast power within the [Hole], awakening countless Laws of Karma and causing dormant runes to flood his mind with information.

Ling Wuyuan absorbed an ancient inheritance in the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea] and advanced to the [Void Glimpse Realm]. After a month without contact, he returned to Yan Manyan and agreed to go back with her to stabilize his realm and explain the inheritance.

• Ling Wuyuan opened his mind to the information torrent and used [All Things Known] to absorb an ancient, powerful inheritance.
• A month later, Yan Manyan worried about Ling Wuyuan after he had been out of contact, though she could sense that he was alive and growing stronger.
• Yan Manyan sensed Ling Wuyuan's [Void Glimpse Realm] aura rising from the sea as he opened a space-time passage and returned.
• Yan Manyan confirmed his breakthrough by sensing the space-time barrier around him, then poked his cheek and teased him for disappearing.
• Ling Wuyuan agreed to return and stabilize his realm, and Yan Manyan asked him to explain the inheritance on the way.

Ling Wuyuan learned that the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea and its guardians had been created by an ancient legacy as a trial ground, and that he had successfully claimed the legacy. As Ling Wuyuan and Yan Manyan returned, he explained what had happened while keeping sensitive details to himself.

• Ling Wuyuan learned that the ancient legacy had shaped the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea and created the Deep Shadow Demon Fish as guardians to test intruders.
• Ling Wuyuan discovered that three previous people who found the legacy had died because they could not withstand its power.
• Ling Wuyuan told Yan Manyan a rough account of his experience beneath the sea, concealing sensitive details.
• Yan Manyan understood that the sea had been an ancient legacy’s trial ground, a theory long discussed in the Silver Mist Sea Domain.

Yan Manyan compared her strength with Ling Wuyuan’s and accepted how vast the gap between them was, while Ling Wuyuan considered the inheritance he had found. He learned that it belonged to the long-dead Ji Yinghan and revealed the trench’s identity as the Supreme Path, a route toward the Extreme of Sea that had killed Ji Yinghan.

• Yan Manyan recalled how she had fled the Deep Shadow Demon Fish, envied Ling Wuyuan’s strength, and decided to wait for him to carry the sect forward.
• Ling Wuyuan considered why Ji Yinghan had left his inheritance in the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea before setting out on an expedition he did not expect to survive.
• Ling Wuyuan learned that Ji Yinghan had explored the trench and died there despite reaching the Fate Defiance Realm.
• Ji Yinghan’s records identified the trench as the Supreme Path, a route that could lead to the Extreme of Sea and the Dominion Realm.
• Ling Wuyuan learned that Ji Yinghan had vanished utterly after entering the Supreme Path, with no possibility of returning.

Ling Wuyuan considered the ancient secrets and valuable inheritance Ji Yinghan had left behind, then shared what he had learned about the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea] with Pei Yiman, Su Qingyue, and the others. They were left stunned by the power behind the inheritance and its guardians.

• Ling Wuyuan speculated that myths about the [Extreme of Heaven], [Extreme of Earth], [Extreme of Sea], the [Sun], and the [Moon] might preserve fragments of ancient truths.
• He recognized Ji Yinghan's secret arts, tomes, and intelligence as the most valuable parts of the inheritance, while remaining grateful for the resources and armaments as well.
• Ling Wuyuan thought he might one day seek Ji Yinghan's remains, but doubted they or his long-lost descendants could still be found.
• Several hours later, Ling Wuyuan explained his recent experiences to Pei Yiman, Su Qingyue, and the others.
• The group struggled to believe that the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea] was an inheritance whose power could sustain the region and create [Void Glimpse Realm] guardians.