Chapter Summaries

The Divine Fire Dragon guided the Flower Nacre Leader toward winning the Myriad Heavens Race’s recognition by helping her demonstrate her clan’s usefulness and arranging a meeting with Cheng Han. As Cheng Han headed to the Aquaculture Lake under a plausible pretext, the leader prepared to approach the dock, bringing their carefully planned encounter closer.

• The Flower Nacre Leader spotted Blood Centipede Worms in a diver’s pupils, while the Divine Fire Dragon subtly stopped him from touching her and left her with the idea of earning the Myriad Heavens Race’s recognition.
• The leader traveled through the Aquaculture Lake’s pipes, then used Green Rice Shrimp shells to make a water-resistant bodysuit after the Divine Fire Dragon warned her about going unclothed.
• The Divine Fire Dragon concluded that the Flower Nacre Clan could provide valuable support and planned to show the leader shrimp harvesting and High-Efficiency Kinetic Essence refining.
• At the Ningyun War Fortress hospital, Cheng Han learned that Blood Shrimp Syndrome treatment was slow and unreliable, then used aquaculture workers’ high infection rate as a reason to visit a nearby lake.
• The Flower Nacre Leader watched the mechanized shrimp harvest, and the Divine Fire Dragon guided her through an underwater passage toward the dock as Cheng Han approached the same meeting point.

The Flower Nacre Leader met Cheng Han at the workshop and offered the Flower Nacre Clan’s help with Blood Shrimp Syndrome, seeking recognition from the Myriad Heavens Race. Far away, the Star Evolution God General sensed a shift in the Will of the Sea and suspected that a child in the Eastern Li War Zone was born bearing fate.

• The Flower Nacre Leader watched Green Rice Shrimp being processed into fuel and saw the Magic Spray Engine pass its combustion test.
• The Divine Fire Dragon told the leader about Cheng Han’s importance, prompting her to seize the chance to approach him.
• Cheng Han stopped Lan Jiayao from attacking when the Flower Nacre Leader emerged from the water and greeted him in Myriad Radiance script.
• The Flower Nacre Leader explained that the Three Great Sea Races oppressed her clan and offered its help with Blood Shrimp Syndrome.
• The Star Evolution God General observed a change in the Will of the Sea and connected it to a child in the Eastern Li War Zone who might be born bearing fate.

Water Lotus demonstrated the Flower Nacre Clan’s secret art by finding and removing Blood Shrimp Void Worm infections among the Refining Workshop workers, impressing Cheng Han and Lan Jiayao. She then offered the clan’s Blessing of the Mother of the Sea to Cheng Han, leaving the Flower Nacre Clan’s cooperation with the Myriad Heavens Race poised to deepen.

• Water Lotus identified herself to Cheng Han and agreed to demonstrate the Flower Nacre Clan’s treatment for Blood Shrimp Syndrome.
• Water Lotus used her Bone Staff to mark more than forty infected workers among the Refining Workshop’s staff.
• Water Lotus drew Blood Shrimp Void Worms from the workers with water threads, and Lan Jiayao confirmed the creatures had been made tangible by a secret art.
• Cheng Han verified that the treatment had worked and praised Water Lotus.
• Water Lotus offered Cheng Han the Flower Nacre Clan’s Blessing of the Mother of the Sea, which could protect against evil entities and improve water-element cultivation talent.

Cheng Han declined the Flower Nacre Clan’s offer of the Mother of the Sea’s blessing, but agreed to support the clan’s permanent settlement in the Radiant Sea in exchange for its help. At a Central Court Meeting, he proposed accepting the clan as an affiliated race and resolved to push the plan through despite opposition.

• Cheng Han recognized that the Mother of the Sea’s blessing was connected to a Divine Object, but refused it to avoid being bound to the Flower Nacre Clan.
• Water Lotus asked the Myriad Heavens Race to protect her clan and grant it the right to live permanently in the Radiant Sea, and Cheng Han agreed in return for the clan tending the sea.
• Lan Jiayao interpreted the Flower Nacre Clan’s arrival as a calculated step in Cheng Han’s Traitor Plan.
• At the Central Court Meeting, Cheng Han proposed accepting the Flower Nacre Clan as an affiliated race to help the war zone.
• Gu Mingxun argued that the clan posed a security risk and that the war zone did not need its help, while most attendees showed little support for Cheng Han’s proposal.
• Cheng Han decided he would force the proposal through, believing it could help dismantle the Will of the Sea and save Myriad Heavens Race members.

Cheng Han urged the Central Court to accept the Flower Nacre Clan as a way to end Blood Shrimp Syndrome and restore civilian life in the Eastern Li War Zone. After citing the suffering caused by the disease, he invoked his Patrol Envoy authority, secured Sword Wanli’s support, and forced the proposal through.

• Cheng Han described how civilians at Ningyun War Fortress feared drinking water because of Blood Shrimp Void Worms.
• Cheng Han and Lan Jiayao detailed overcrowded hospitals, recurring infections, and deaths caused by Bloodsucking Vine treatment.
• Lan Jiayao, Feng Guangjun, and Zhang Hanting supported Cheng Han’s proposal to use the Flower Nacre Clan.
• Cheng Han invoked his authority as Patrol Envoy and required the war zone to resolve Blood Shrimp Syndrome as soon as possible.
• Sword Wanli agreed to proceed according to Cheng Han’s wishes, securing the crucial vote while Gu Mingxun privately feared the Flower Nacre Clan could betray the war zone.

Gu Mingxun speculated that Water Lotus’s migration had failed, while the Divine Fire Dragon led the Flower Nacre Clan through the dangerous Turbulent Storm Sea Area toward the Radiant Sea. After days without news, an urgent report arrived from Spirit Flame Lotus Island, leaving Gu Mingxun wondering whether his doubts would be disproven.

• Gu Mingxun ordered his subordinate to watch Spirit Flame Lotus Island while they speculated that Water Lotus might not return.
• Water Lotus gathered more than three thousand six hundred Flower Nacre and began leading them through the Turbulent Storm Sea Area toward the Radiant Sea.
• The Divine Fire Dragon guided the migration party through the currents, but several Flower Nacre were swept away, including more than a dozen caught in a giant whirlpool.
• Two days later, Gu Mingxun and his subordinate concluded that the Flower Nacre migration had likely failed or been abandoned.
• An urgent messenger announced that something major had happened at Spirit Flame Lotus Island, and Gu Mingxun wondered whether he was about to be proven wrong.

Vice General Gu Mingxun doubted the Flower Nacre Clan’s defection, but his subordinate Pei Yan saw thousands of them arrive and became convinced they were sincere. At Flame Mountain War Fortress, Cheng Han ordered Water Lotus to have the Flower Nacre begin treating Blood Shrimp Syndrome.

• Pei Yan reported that thousands of Flower Nacre had gathered near Spirit Flame Lotus Island, and Gu Mingxun sent him to investigate.
• Gu Mingxun speculated that the Flower Nacre had found a secret route through the Turbulent Sea, while Qin An silently doubted his explanation.
• Pei Yan saw the Flower Nacre dancing and celebrating before swimming toward Spirit Flame Lotus Island, and concluded they were not spies.
• Cheng Han told Lan Jiayao to notify Water Lotus that the Flower Nacre should begin treating Blood Shrimp Syndrome that afternoon.

Pei Yan witnessed the Flower Nacre Clan use its Mother Palace to cure Blood Shrimp Syndrome patients, winning over many skeptical observers. Meanwhile, Cheng Han examined a Divine Object the Clan had secretly brought to the Eastern Li War Zone.

• At Eastern Mausoleum War Fortress, Water Lotus demonstrated the Flower Nacre Clan’s Mother Palace, which put patients to sleep and removed their Blood Shrimp Void Worms.
• The Mystic Adepts confirmed that all ten patients were cured, and Water Lotus offered to build more Mother Palaces to treat over thirty thousand infected people within three days.
• Pei Yan reported that the Flower Nacre Clan had cured more than twelve hundred patients in an hour, while Qin An returned from reporting the news to Vice General Gu looking badly shaken.
• On Spirit Flame Lotus Island, Cheng Han examined a shell-like Divine Object left by the fallen Mother of the Sea, which the Flower Nacre Clan had secretly carried to the Eastern Li War Zone.

Cheng Han discovered that the Flower Nacre Clan could build extraordinarily durable structures and realized they might serve the War Zone in greater roles. Seeing the Mother God Seashell revealed the power of the fallen Mother of the Sea, and Cheng Han began a costly Deduction that ended amid thunderous waves.

• Cheng Han deduced that the Flower Nacre Clan's vast gelatinous nest was exceptionally tough and considered optimizing it into a submarine.
• Cheng Han decided the Flower Nacre Clan deserved better treatment and recognized them as a valuable support race.
• Cheng Han identified the Flower Nacre Clan's Divine Object as the Mother God Seashell, whose power caused changes in his body until the True Flame Profound Imprint stopped them.
• Cheng Han concluded that the Mother of the Sea had been a powerful Main God who was likely killed in an ancient upheaval.
• Cheng Han used several thousand Flower Nacre Clan members as points of connection for a Deduction, spending three hundred Spirit Value as thunderous waves sounded in his mind.

Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to witness the Mother of the Sea creating Mother God Seashells for the Flower Nacre tribes and traced the ritual to Water Lotus’s ancestors. The Mother of the Sea then looked through the vision at Cheng Han and called him the guide of the future, leaving him stunned.

• Cheng Han endured the Mother of the Sea’s lingering rage as the Eye of Omniscience forced its way into the past.
• Cheng Han watched the Mother Goddess Vortex draw vitality from the ocean and nurture millions of Mother God Seashells over twenty years.
• Cheng Han saw the vortex collapse and release the completed seashells, then recognized a Flower Nacre tribe as ancestors of Water Lotus’s tribe.
• The Flower Nacres received a Mother God Seashell during a ritual, but the Mother of the Sea appeared from it and opened her third eye.
• The Mother of the Sea spoke to Cheng Han through the vision, calling him the guide of the future.

Cheng Han met Mother of the Sea through the Halo Screen and learned that she wanted him to lead the Flower Nacre Clan out of the Sea of Dim Light and back to the Radiant Sea. After her image vanished, the Mother God Seashell revealed a gift of Life-Type Divine Patterns that matched Cheng Han’s Life Crown Profound Imprint.

• Cheng Han respectfully greeted Mother of the Sea, gave her his name, and learned that her forehead eye was called the Eye of the Future.
• Mother of the Sea revealed that Rong Huang had once sent someone to warn her and asked Cheng Han to help the Flower Nacre Clan escape the abyss and return to the Radiant Sea.
• Mother of the Sea’s image faded before explaining her promised surprise, leaving Cheng Han to weigh the risks of helping her against his own plans.
• The Profound Markings on the Mother God Seashell detached and transformed into several thousand Divine Patterns, causing the nearby adult Flower Nacre to collapse unconscious.
• Cheng Han recognized the patterns as Life-Type Divine Patterns that perfectly matched his Life Crown Profound Imprint.

Cheng Han used the knowledge revealed by the Mother God Seashell to advance his Life Crown Profound Imprint to the Third Rank and trigger a major spiritual transformation. Water Lotus received a command from the Mother Goddess, while Cheng Han prepared to help Black Cat become a cat-eared girl and considered his path to becoming a Mystic Master.

• Cheng Han absorbed the Mother God Seashell’s demonstration of how Profound Markings evolved into Divine Patterns and began deducing new knowledge.
• Water Lotus received an apparition of the Three-Eyed Flower Nacre, recognized the Mother Goddess, and accepted her command before resuming work on the Mother Palace.
• Cheng Han’s Life Crown Profound Imprint advanced to the Third Rank, and he decided he could help Black Cat become a cat-eared girl.
• Cheng Han’s Spirit Value increased, and his Sea of Spirit turned gold as his Soul Tempering Imprint produced the Soul Tempering Drum.
• Cheng Han realized the Earth Pass toward becoming a Mystic Master had begun to open and planned to wait for the East Wind Profound Weapon reward before advancing.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Vice General Gu Mingxun secretly visits Fan Mountain War Fortress to observe the Flower Nacre Clan.
• He witnesses the construction of a new Mother Palace and the treatment of patients with Blood Shrimp Syndrome.
• Gu Mingxun then visits a dock and a Vegetable Market, observing the integration of the Flower Nacre Clan into the war zone's infrastructure and daily life.

Character Developments

• Vice General Gu Mingxun: He remains opposed to the presence of the Flower Nacre Clan in the war zone, feeling that they pose a security risk and corrupt the moral climate. However, he becomes increasingly isolated in his views as he sees the positive impact the clan has on the civilians' lives.

Significant Themes

• Cultural Clash: The Flower Nacre Clan's customs and attire clash with the Myriad Heavens Race's values, leading to disapproval from Gu Mingxun and others.
• Short-term vs Long-term Gain: The civilians welcome the Flower Nacre Clan for the immediate benefits they bring, while Gu Mingxun worries about the long-term risks.
• Isolation and Loneliness: Gu Mingxun feels increasingly isolated in his views as he sees the rest of the war zone embracing the changes brought by the Flower Nacre Clan.

Character Interactions

• Gu Mingxun and the Civilians: The vice general's interactions with the civilians highlight the growing divide between his views and theirs. While he disapproves of the Flower Nacre Clan, the civilians welcome them and their contributions to the war zone.
• Gu Mingxun and the Flower Nacre Clan: Although Gu Mingxun does not interact directly with the Flower Nacre Clan in this chapter, his observations of them and their impact on the war zone deepen his disapproval of their presence.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Cheng Han attends the Flower Nacre Clan's ceremony, guided by Water Lotus.
• The clan's new nest, a spherical structure with water flow management, is revealed.
• Water Lotus prepares to advance to Sea Domain Lord using the Mother God Seashell's power.

Character Developments

• Cheng Han shows proficiency in the Flower Nacre Clan's Nacre Breath technique.
• Water Lotus demonstrates her leadership and control over the clan, arranging a grand ceremony for her advancement.

Significant Themes

• The Mother of the Sea's influence and Backup Plans.
• The power dynamics and hierarchy within the Sea Race and the Flower Nacre Clan.
• The use of Divine Objects and Divine Power for advancements.

Character Interactions

• Cheng Han and Water Lotus interact, with Water Lotus showing deference to Cheng Han as a potential Staff Bearer.
• The Flower Nacre women collectively perform the ceremony, showcasing unity and coordination.
• Cheng Han's internal monologue reveals his thoughts on the Mother of the Sea's schemes and his own intentions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Mingxun observes the commoners' enthusiasm for buying sea fish, appreciating the Inspector's initiatives to improve their lives.
• He realizes the Flower Nacre Clan's strategic importance and plans to use them to his advantage when Cheng Han leaves.
• Gu Mingxun attempts to contact the Flower Nacre Clan underwater but is rebuffed and mocked.
• Cheng Han attends the Flower Nacre Clan's ritual and receives the Mother God's Flower, granting him understanding of their language and a boost to his spiritual power.

Character Developments

• Gu Mingxun: Initially appreciative of the Inspector's actions, he becomes ambitious and manipulative, trying to curry favor with the Flower Nacre Clan. He is humiliated when they refuse his advances.
• Cheng Han: He gains the Mother God's Flower, which enhances his spiritual power and allows him to understand the Flower Nacre's language, further solidifying his bond with them.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between the Eastern Li War Zone and the Flower Nacre Clan.
• The commoners' well-being and their influence on the war zone's decisions.
• The importance of communication and understanding between different races.

Character Interactions

• Gu Mingxun and the Flower Nacre Clan: Gu Mingxun tries to befriend them, but they reject him, highlighting the clan's loyalty to their Guide (Cheng Han).
• Cheng Han and the Flower Nacre Clan: Cheng Han's presence is welcomed, and he is gifted the Mother God's Flower, strengthening their bond.
• Gu Mingxun and Cheng Han: Though not directly interacting, Gu Mingxun's plans are influenced by Cheng Han's actions and the respect the commoners have for him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Cheng Han receives the Mother God's Flower from the Mother of the Sea, which significantly boosts his spiritual power and allows him to understand the Flower Nacre language and script without the Eye of Omniscience's aid.
• Cheng Han enters the Spirit Body Mirror state, a crucial step towards becoming a Mystic Master, and his spiritual power is greatly consumed.
• Water Lotus, the leader of the Flower Nacre, enters the Mother God Seashell, and Cheng Han suspects that she is being transformed into another form.

Character Developments

• Cheng Han's spiritual power increases dramatically, allowing him to reach the mid-rank Mystic Supervisor level and overcome the Spirit Body Mirror hurdle, bringing him one step away from becoming a Mystic Master.
• Water Lotus, the Flower Nacre leader, enters the Mother God Seashell, potentially undergoing a transformation.

Significant Themes

• The power of the Mother God's Flower and the Mother God Seashell, highlighting the influence of the Main God, Mother of the Sea.
• The importance of spiritual power in advancing to the Mystic Master realm.
• The transformation of Water Lotus, exploring the theme of change and new beginnings.

Character Interactions

• Cheng Han interacts with Water Lotus, who respectfully offers the Mother God's Flower and later enters the Mother God Seashell.
• The Flower Nacre community interacts with Cheng Han, chanting praises and acknowledging his presence.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Water Lotus, the leader of the Flower Nacre, transforms into a human form using the power of the Sea God Mother Shell.
• Cheng Han, the guide from the Mother God's Divine Oracle, decides to accept Water Lotus's offer to stay by his side and serve him.
• Cheng Han tasks Water Lotus with contacting other Flower Nacre tribes in the Sea of Dim Light to return to the Radiant Sea and promises to help them cross the Turbulent Storm Sea Area safely.

Character Developments

• Water Lotus: Transforms into a human form, gains human organs, and becomes a Sea Domain Lord. She is now more powerful and can communicate fluently in the Myriad Heavens Race language.
• Cheng Han: Realizes the depth of the deities' schemes and decides to accept Water Lotus's offer to gain more power and control over a vast sea race. He plans to use the Flower Nacre's Nacre Glue to develop new equipment and launch an offensive against the sea races.

Significant Themes

• The power of deities and their Backup Plans.
• The struggle for control and influence between different races and factions.
• The consequences of accepting help from powerful entities and the potential strings attached.

Character Interactions

• Cheng Han and Water Lotus: Cheng Han is initially shocked by Water Lotus's transformation and struggles with accepting her offer. However, he ultimately decides to work with her for mutual benefit. Water Lotus is eager to serve Cheng Han and is willing to offer him everything to help the Flower Nacre return to the Radiant Sea.
• The relationship between Cheng Han and Water Lotus is one of mutual benefit, with Cheng Han gaining a powerful ally and Water Lotus gaining a guide and protector for her people. Their interaction is characterized by respect and a shared goal of helping the Flower Nacre.

At the War Zone Joint Conference, Cheng Han reported that he had used the Flower Nacre to develop a massive Deep Diver capable of crossing the dangerous deep-sea currents. God General Zhu Rong recognized its military potential and asked Cheng Han to explain it in detail.

• Sword Wanli noticed Cheng Han's strength had improved, and Cheng Han said he had received a gift from the Flower Nacre Clan.
• God General Zhu Rong arrived and recognized that Cheng Han had reached the Spirit Body Mirror.
• The General Commanders reported on their war zones, and Sword Wanli said the Eastern Li War Zone had cleared its nearby enemies and could support others.
• Cheng Han reported that the Flower Nacre had helped the Eastern Li War Zone develop a Deep Diver that crossed the Stormy Turbulent Sea Area.
• Cheng Han showed an illusion of the enormous Deep Diver carrying thousands of Flower Nacre, astonishing God General Zhu Rong, who asked for details.

Cheng Han presented the Sea Overlord submarine to God General Zhu Rong and the assembled General Commanders, showing how Flower Nacre and Nacre Glue made its construction possible. He revealed that he had taken the newly built submarine to the dangerous Stormy Turbulent Sea Area for a trial, and the meeting watched as it approached the challenge.

• Cheng Han used a water-element illusion to show the Sea Overlord being built by Flower Nacre artisans with Nacre Glue.
• Cheng Han demonstrated the submarine's Magic Spray Water Jet Engines and explained that Nacre Glue absorbed seawater and reduced resistance.
• God General Zhu Rong praised the Flower Nacre and Nacre Glue, then called Cheng Han the only talented person among the War Zones under his command.
• Cheng Han showed the Sea Overlord reaching the Stormy Turbulent Sea Area, where another Flower Nacre tribe was waiting below.
• Cheng Han said he had brought the submarine to test whether it could cross the turbulent waters, and the General Commanders watched closely.

Cheng Han demonstrated how the Sea Overlord used his Snake Swallowing Elephant Mystic Array to overcome a giant whirlpool, earning God General Zhu Rong’s praise and rewards. Zhu Rong promised him Soul Calming Secret Medicine and appointed him General Supervisor over the Eastern Li War Zone and five neighboring war zones once he became a Mystic Master.

• The Sea Overlord withstood the Turbulent Sea’s currents by using its Nacre Glue Water Shield as it approached a giant whirlpool.
• God General Zhu Rong explained that the Turbulent Storm Sea Area had appeared after a war disrupted the water Laws, and Cheng Han suspected Mother of the Sea had created it to protect the Flower Nacre Clan.
• The Sea Overlord formed a smaller whirlpool that absorbed seawater from the giant one, expanded, and caused the larger whirlpool to collapse.
• Cheng Han explained that the Snake Swallowing Elephant Mystic Array used Nacre Glue’s Viscosity property to draw in seawater, impressing Zhu Rong and the General Commanders.
• Zhu Rong promised Cheng Han Soul Calming Secret Medicine to aid his advancement to Mystic Master.
• Zhu Rong appointed Cheng Han General Supervisor over the Eastern Li War Zone and five surrounding war zones once he advanced.