Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan and Mu Huanyue escaped the Mist Realm into the South Sea, where a ship rescued them and its suspicious steward questioned their identities. Mu Huanyue claimed they were siblings from the Dang clan, but Old Yuan challenged her to explain their connection to Heaven Ranking expert Dang Zi'an.

• Mu Huanyue used her Demon Suppression Jade Token to open the Post Station array, and she and Zhang Lingshan found the Postmaster petrified by a Hidden Sect spell.
• After deciding not to risk attacking the Postmaster or using the Sea Province Demon Suppression Division route, Zhang Lingshan and Mu Huanyue traveled through the Mist Realm and escaped using Mu Huanyue's two-part treasure.
• They fell into the South Sea, where Zhang Lingshan pretended to be helpless while Mu Huanyue considered using a hidden treasure to get them out of the water.
• Jiang Shaoyuan, the Young City Lord of Jianghai City, ordered his crew to rescue them and invited Mu Huanyue aboard his ship.
• Mu Huanyue introduced herself and Zhang Lingshan as Dang Ziyue and Dang Zishan, siblings from the Dang clan, and Old Yuan asked how they were related to Dang Zi'an.

Mu Huanyue and Zhang Lingshan stayed aboard Jiang Shaoyuan’s ship, then learned it had been damaged by Sea Monsters and sea bandits and needed repairs at a small island. Yuan Hong promised them South Sea Guanyin Algae if they cooperated, while the group prepared to explore the island and repair the ship.

• Mu Huanyue told Yuan Hong that her elder brother Dang Zi'an had been badly injured, then dined with Jiang Shaoyuan while Yuan Hong watched her suspiciously.
• Yuan Hong arranged separate rooms for Mu Huanyue and Zhang Lingshan, and guards stopped Mu Huanyue from entering Zhang Lingshan’s room.
• Zhang Lingshan sensed that the ship restricted spiritual energy, read books from his Storage Bag, and later discovered another Meridian Opening Realm Peak expert was guarding them.
• Jiang Shaoyuan explained that Sea Monsters and bandits had damaged the ship, forcing the crew to anchor at a small island for repairs.
• Yuan Hong promised to help Mu Huanyue and Zhang Lingshan obtain South Sea Guanyin Algae if they cooperated, and Jiang Shaoyuan warned them to stay away from the island’s forest while Mister Feng set up formations.

Mister Feng’s group encountered a General-Level Evil on the island, forcing the survivors to flee while Zhang Lingshan led Mu Huanyue into the forest. Zhang Lingshan effortlessly devoured the Evil and revealed how he had opened his Nether Palace, then sent Mu Huanyue to watch the ship while he explored deeper into the woods.

• Mister Feng’s talismans revealed a huge Evil, which swallowed his Copper Bell and right hand before he identified it as a General-Level Evil and fled to the ship.
• Yuan Hong escorted Jiang Shaoyuan toward the ship, while Zhang Lingshan and Mu Huanyue ran into the deep forest with the Evil pursuing them.
• Mister Feng’s group used the time bought by the pair to begin repairing the ship’s bottom.
• Zhang Lingshan punched through the General-Level Evil, burned it with his Qi and Blood Flame, and swallowed it into his Nether Palace.
• Mu Huanyue mistook Zhang Lingshan for a Netherworld member, and he explained that he had opened his Nether Palace by repeatedly stimulating the Nether Gate with a fire-type Cultivation Method.
• Zhang Lingshan continued into the forest and told Mu Huanyue to watch from a treetop for signs that the others might sail away.

Zhang Lingshan discovered that the island was a living creature and escaped with Mu Huanyue to the ship. After Mu Huanyue exposed their identities and challenged the crew about the South Sea Red Tide, Yuan Hong explained that Jianghai City had first discovered it, just as a startling sound came from the distance.

• Mu Huanyue waited as Zhang Lingshan searched the island, while the ship’s crew mistook her for an Evil and prepared to leave without them.
• Zhang Lingshan found twenty-three flesh-rooted beads, pulled them from the ground, and gained five billion Energy Points by eating a piece of one.
• Blood surged from the holes, and Zhang Lingshan realized the island was alive before he and Mu Huanyue ran toward the ship.
• The crew mistook Zhang Lingshan and Mu Huanyue for Evil Spirits, so Zhang Lingshan broke through their formation and landed on deck with her.
• Mu Huanyue revealed their Demon Suppression Division identities and demanded answers about the South Sea Red Tide; Yuan Hong said Jianghai City had discovered it first.
• A long neigh sounded in the distance, and everyone turned to witness a sight they would never forget.

Zhang Lingshan calmed a giant sea turtle that had been following the ship, then learned about the Hidden Mansion Realm and the treasure they were seeking. Feng Zhengfeng left him with a guess about Heavenly King Li’s Hidden Mansion: the Throat Mansion.

• A giant sea turtle pursued the ship, terrifying the passengers, until Zhang Lingshan showed it the parasitic meat strips and beads he had removed from its body, and it dove away gratefully.
• Yuan Hong ordered the crew to gather the stunned sea creatures for Zhang Lingshan, who then deduced that Jiang Shaoyuan’s ability to sense treasures was the reason he had joined their voyage.
• Yuan Hong revealed that the group was searching for Sea Urchin Aconitum, an item rumored to have helped Nan Yu reach the top ten of the Heaven Ranking.
• Feng Zhengfeng explained that top Heaven Ranking experts had opened personal Hidden Mansions within their bodies and cultivated by uncovering the treasures inside them.
• Feng Zhengfeng described how Chen Youming and Zhao Fengnian had opened different Hidden Mansions and founded opposing approaches to dealing with Evil Spirits.
• Feng Zhengfeng guessed that Heavenly King Li had opened the Throat Mansion, located at the Adam’s apple.

Zhang Lingshan learned about the Sea Urchin Aconitum and the mission to find it, then prepared to confront pirates threatening their ship. He leaped toward the pirates’ larger vessel, while Jiang Shaoyuan grew resentful of him.

• Feng Zhengfeng explained the hidden mansions and revealed that the group sought Sea Urchin Aconitum to help Jiang Mu strengthen himself against the South Sea Merchant Guild.
• Feng Zhengfeng pledged loyalty to Zhang Lingshan and offered him the treasure if they found it, while Zhang Lingshan cautioned that finding and obtaining it would not be easy.
• Zhang Lingshan studied a drawing of Sea Urchin Aconitum and asked Feng Zhengfeng to teach him about Sea Province as they traveled.
• Jiang Shaoyuan warned that a large pirate ship was approaching, and Zhang Lingshan decided to capture it without destroying it.
• Jiang Shaoyuan resented Zhang Lingshan and wished him dead, while Yuan Hong warned him that they depended on Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan defeated the pirates guarding the South Sea Red Tide and learned it was likely connected to Nan Yu and had escaped his control. He ordered the group to report the danger while Jiang Shaoyuan searched for Sea Urchin Aconitum, and helped Mu Huanyue claim the pirates’ Sea Shark.

• Jiang Shaoyuan accepted Yuan Hong’s advice while privately hoping Zhang Lingshan and the pirates would destroy each other rather than letting Zhang Lingshan die.
• Zhang Lingshan killed the pirate crew, questioned the Red Hair man, and learned the South Sea Merchant Guild had ordered them to guard the South Sea Red Tide, which might have grown beyond Nan Yu’s control.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed the Red Hair man, then called Feng Zhengfeng and the others aboard the captured pirate ship.
• Zhang Lingshan told Mu Huanyue that the South Sea Red Tide was likely tied to Nan Yu and ordered Feng Zhengfeng to have Jiang Shaoyuan sense for Sea Urchin Aconitum.
• Mu Huanyue found a Sea Shark beneath the cabin, and Zhang Lingshan gave her a storage bottle for it after agreeing to help suppress the beast.

Zhang Lingshan led the ships to the South Sea Red Tide, where an empty vessel was devoured and he spotted a mysterious pair of eyes, prompting him to order an immediate retreat. As the group sailed away, a conch message revealed that Red Hair had been ordered to protect whoever emerged from the Red Tide.

• Zhang Lingshan gave Mu Huanyue a sea chart and told her to escape on Sea Shark if danger arose, while he stayed beside Jiang Shaoyuan as they followed his sense of the treasure.
• The group reached the South Sea Red Tide and sent an empty ship into it, but the Red Tide engulfed and destroyed the vessel.
• Jiang Shaoyuan urged Feng Zhengfeng to try his treasure against the Red Tide, but Zhang Lingshan ordered everyone to retreat.
• Zhang Lingshan used Heavenly Eye to notice a bloody eye above the Red Tide, then spotted that it formed a pair of eyes with another beneath the sea and ordered the ship to speed away.
• Zhang Lingshan received a conch message ordering Red Hair to support whoever emerged from the South Sea Red Tide, with a promise of rule over Binjiang City if he succeeded and a threat against his family if he failed.

Zhang Lingshan fought the strange man who had emerged from the South Sea Red Tide and dragged him into the sea, while the survivors turned toward the Red Tide in search of the Sea Urchin Aconitum. Jiang Shaoyuan then revealed himself as Jiang Mu, who ordered Feng Zhengfeng to clear the Red Tide and Yuan Hong to capture Mu Huanyue.

• Zhang Lingshan disguised himself as Red Hair as the strange man crossed the South Sea Red Tide, boarded the ship, and began crushing and eating the crew.
• Yuan Hong attacked the strange man, and Zhang Lingshan wounded him before trapping him with the Life and Death Bell and plunging into the sea with him.
• Yuan Hong urged Feng Zhengfeng to enter the Red Tide; when four Jianghai City subordinates objected, Yuan Hong killed them.
• Jiang Shaoyuan revealed an aura stronger than Yuan Hong's, and Yuan Hong and Feng Zhengfeng recognized that Jiang Mu had taken over his body.
• Jiang Mu ordered Feng Zhengfeng to use his ritual artifact to make the Red Tide retreat and told Yuan Hong to capture Mu Huanyue unharmed.

Jiang Mu’s group crossed the South Sea Red Tide with Feng Zhengfeng’s Oil Lamp Artifact and reached an island palace, while Zhang Lingshan questioned Xi Zhenglong and learned about the palace and the Red Tide. Zhang Lingshan set out for the palace with Xi Zhenglong, then reunited with Mu Huanyue, who reported that Yuan Hong had taken the ship into the Red Tide.

• Feng Zhengfeng’s Oil Lamp Artifact turned the ship into a Flame Ship and opened a passage through the South Sea Red Tide for Jiang Mu and Yuan Hong.
• Jiang Mu sensed Sea Urchin Aconitum and led his group to an island with a golden palace and dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the Life and Death Bell, subdued Xi Zhenglong, and learned that a palace dweller named Nan Yu had accidentally released the Red Tide from a bottle.
• Xi Zhenglong explained that the palace’s aura let its inhabitants cross the Red Tide, and Zhang Lingshan decided to visit the palace despite doubting some of Xi Zhenglong’s claims.
• Zhang Lingshan tore off and ate Xi Zhenglong’s arms, then made him lead the way toward the palace.
• Mu Huanyue found Zhang Lingshan and told him that Yuan Hong had killed the others aboard the ship and sailed into the Red Tide, while Feng Zhengfeng’s lamp had protected the vessel.

Zhang Lingshan led Mu Huanyue and the chained Xi Zhenglong safely across the South Sea Red Tide and reached the Palace, where Jiang Mu had seized control and was threatening the survivors. After Zhang Lingshan saved Feng Zhengfeng from Jiang Mu’s attack, Xi Zhenglong broke free and charged into the Palace, leaving Zhang Lingshan’s plan to set the two powers against each other in motion.

• Zhang Lingshan bound Xi Zhenglong and led Mu Huanyue across the South Sea Red Tide, carrying her when the treacherous water strained her strength.
• The group reached the island, where Mu Huanyue realized Zhang Lingshan had entered the Meridian Opening Realm and admired his powerful cultivation method.
• At the Palace entrance, Xi Zhenglong was blasted back by the chain, and he warned Zhang Lingshan that four people inside were taking their things.
• Mu Huanyue discovered that Jiang Mu had seized Jiang Shaoyuan’s body and gravely wounded Nan Yu, while Feng Zhengfeng called for Zhang Lingshan to save him.
• Zhang Lingshan blocked Jiang Mu’s Thunder Light Finger and saved Feng Zhengfeng, then learned that Jiang Mu controlled the Palace and had taken the Sea Urchin Aconitum.
• Xi Zhenglong broke free of his chains and charged into the Palace, while Feng Zhengfeng suspected Zhang Lingshan was trying to make him and Jiang Mu fight.

Zhang Lingshan broke into Jiang Mu’s palace after surviving his giant sword qi, while Nan Yu seized the chance to kill Jiang Mu and Xi Zhenglong. Nan Yu then turned on Zhang Lingshan, trapping him with his control of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi as Feng Zhengfeng prepared to help.

• Zhang Lingshan repeatedly struck the palace wall until his Nine-Headed Python absorbed Jiang Mu’s giant sword qi and strengthened him.
• Zhang Lingshan smashed a hole in the palace, while Jiang Mu failed to activate its one-way Teleportation Array and released Nan Yu and Xi Zhenglong to fight him.
• Nan Yu killed Jiang Mu and Xi Zhenglong, then demanded half the palace’s treasures from Zhang Lingshan.
• Nan Yu attacked Zhang Lingshan with weapons formed from Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and trapped him in a bubble.
• Mu Huanyue warned Nan Yu that Zhang Lingshan served Heavenly King Li, while Feng Zhengfeng activated hundreds of talismans to aid Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan defeated Nan Yu’s attacks, destroyed the South Sea Red Tide, and pursued him until they reached an agreement. Nan Yu fled after promising to help Zhang Lingshan fully open his Throat Mansion, while Zhang Lingshan returned to the palace with a Merchant Guild token and prepared to collect its treasures.

• Nan Yu’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Weapons failed to harm Zhang Lingshan, who counterattacked and forced Nan Yu to offer him two-thirds of the palace’s contents.
• Zhang Lingshan blocked Nan Yu’s Great Ship Anchor with his Myriad Manifestation Meteorite Iron Armor and drove him to flee with a Golden Bell attack.
• Nan Yu sent the South Sea Red Tide against Zhang Lingshan, but Zhang Lingshan burned and collected the entire tide before chasing Nan Yu into the sea.
• Nan Yu gave Zhang Lingshan a Hand Token and a Storage Bag of materials, then promised to introduce him to someone who could help fully open his Throat Mansion.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to keep Nan Yu’s escape from the palace quiet, and Nan Yu vanished toward the South Sea Merchant Guild headquarters.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to Mu Huanyue and Feng Zhengfeng, told them he had reached an agreement with Nan Yu, and prepared to move the palace’s contents.

Zhang Lingshan looted the ruined palace, advanced his cultivation, and found 120 Sea Urchin Aconitums beneath the island. When the Ming siblings arrived to investigate the South Sea Red Tide, he pretended to be a local, and Ming Xiaofeng chased after him.

• Zhang Lingshan and Mu Huanyue looted the palace while Feng Zhengfeng studied its arrays, and Zhang claimed the mental-type treasures for himself.
• Zhang Lingshan used the treasures to cultivate, raised his Flawless Leakless Skill to Minor Accomplishment, and reached the mid stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan found Sea Urchin Aconitums beneath the island, collected 120 of them, and refined the Blood Red Crystal in his heart under the seabed pressure.
• Zhang Lingshan concealed the seabed traces and returned to the island, where he met the Ming siblings arriving by ship.
• Ming Xiaofeng questioned Zhang Lingshan about the South Sea Red Tide, then accused Nan Yu of taking it and chased after Zhang, while Ming Feng'er sent a Shadowy Figure to watch him.

Zhang Lingshan and his companions secured passage aboard the Ming Family ship after their own vessel proved damaged, and Ming Feng'er recognized his role in defeating the South Sea Red Tide. The chapter left them setting sail for home after Zhang Lingshan's Qi and Blood Fire Seed survived Ming Xiaofeng's Nether Water.

• Zhang Lingshan had Feng Zhengfeng teleport the palace into the Pouch Space, then took Feng Zhengfeng and Mu Huanyue to their damaged ship.
• Mu Huanyue asked Ming Xiaofeng for passage aboard the Ming Family ship and identified herself and Zhang Lingshan as Demon Suppression Division members with her Demon Suppression Jade Token.
• Ming Feng'er questioned Zhang Lingshan, warned him that the world's affairs were dangerous, and allowed him and his companions to board.
• Ming Feng'er deduced that Zhang Lingshan had burned the South Sea Red Tide away with his Qi and Blood Fire Seed.
• Ming Xiaofeng tested his Nether Water against Zhang Lingshan's flame, which endured after being briefly overwhelmed, and Ming Feng'er ordered the ship to set sail.

Ming Feng'er confronted Northern Darkness Sect envoys Ming Kuohai and Jiang Yan aboard the Ming Family ship, then warned Mu Huanyue to avoid the Mu Family and Demon Suppression Division. As the ship reached Sea Province, Zhang Lingshan recognized Jiang Yan as possibly Jiang Chenyu’s daughter, and she ordered Ming Kuohai to gouge out his eyes.

• Ming Kuohai and Jiang Yan boarded the ship to question Ming Feng'er about the South Sea Red Tide, and she said it was connected to the other side of the sea without offering evidence.
• Jiang Yan attacked Ming Xiaofeng, but Ming Feng'er sent her plunging into the sea; Ming Kuohai brought her back aboard, and Ming Feng'er ordered her hidden followers to watch the envoys.
• Ming Feng'er warned Mu Huanyue to hide in Sea Province and never return to the Mu Family or the Demon Suppression Division, but Mu Huanyue thanked her without intending to follow the advice.
• After the ship reached Sea Province, Zhang Lingshan recognized Jiang Yan’s resemblance to Jiang Chenyu and suspected she was his daughter.
• Jiang Yan disliked Zhang Lingshan’s gaze and ordered Ming Kuohai to gouge out his eyes.

Zhang Lingshan and his companions obtained a Guanyin Purifying Life Pill from Ming Kuohai after he and Jiang Yan attacked Feng Zhengfeng. They reached Qinghai City to save Dang Zi'an, whose family believed Zhang Lingshan could protect them from the danger they faced.

• Zhang Lingshan, Mu Huanyue, and Feng Zhengfeng left Ming Feng'er's ship and learned that Dang Tianfeng had failed to obtain South Sea Guanyin Algae and was recovering in Qinghai City.
• Ming Kuohai and Jiang Yan attacked Feng Zhengfeng, but Zhang Lingshan subdued Jiang Yan and negotiated for a Guanyin Purifying Life Pill in exchange for answers about his connection to Ming Feng'er.
• Zhang Lingshan took the pill to keep it safe, and the three flew toward Qinghai City to deliver it to Dang Zi'an.
• Dang Zi'an urged Dang Tianfeng to summon Zhang Lingshan, saying he could protect the Dang Family; Dang Tianfeng received word that Mu Huanyue was bringing the pill.
• Mu Huanyue arrived at the Dang residence and gave the Guanyin Purifying Life Pill to Dang Zi'an.

Zhang Lingshan helped Dang Zi'an recover with a Guanyin Purifying Life Pill, then subdued Zhao Taixuan and collected more copies of the Supreme Mystery Scripture. Zhao Taixuan revealed that Dang Tianfeng was carrying the Dang Family’s Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture, leaving Zhang Lingshan with a reason to press him for it.

• Dang Zi'an recovered after taking the Guanyin Purifying Life Pill, while Dang Tianfeng thanked Mu Huanyue and Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhao Taixuan arrived and tried to trade South Sea Guanyin Algae for the Dang Family’s Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture.
• Dang Zi'an confronted Zhao Taixuan, and Zhang Lingshan pinned him down when he tried to leave.
• Zhao Taixuan handed Zhang Lingshan copies of the Supreme Mystery Scripture, raising Zhang Lingshan’s collection progress to 13/36.
• Zhao Taixuan accused Dang Tianfeng of hiding the Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture and claimed every Dang Family patriarch carried it.

Zhang Lingshan copied the Dang Family’s Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture, witnessed a mysterious vision, and offered to protect the family in exchange for the scroll. Dang Tianfeng refused to commit, so Zhang Lingshan left for Jianghai City while Dang Zi'an set out to catch up and warn him about Heavenly King Li.

• Zhang Lingshan persuaded Dang Tianfeng to let him copy the Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture, then saw a phantom endure a bloody road before vanishing in a beam of light.
• Zhang Lingshan offered to become the Dang Family’s protector if Dang Tianfeng gave him the scroll, but Dang Tianfeng stayed silent as Zhang finished copying it.
• Zhang Lingshan left for Jianghai City with Feng Zhengfeng and Mu Huanyue, while Mu Huanyue returned the family Flying Boat to Dang Zi'an.
• Dang Tianfeng told Dang Zi'an he had refused the exchange because he feared Zhang Lingshan would clash with Heavenly King Li and be defeated.
• Dang Zi'an challenged his father’s reasoning, then rode after Zhang Lingshan to warn him about the danger.

Zhang Lingshan traveled to Jianghai City, where Nan Yu tested him and led him to meet a mysterious master. The chapter ended with Nan Yu warning Zhang that, since he had opened his Throat Mansion, he should not try to open his Dantian Mansion.

• Zhao Taixuan received the copied Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture, while Feng Zhengfeng warned Zhang Lingshan that Nan Yu might have destroyed Jianghai City; Zhang planned to enter alone.
• Dang Zi'an joined the group, warned Zhang to be wary of Heavenly King Li, and declined to trade his family's Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture.
• Zhang arrived in Jianghai City and learned that Nan Yu had seized it and was waiting for him in a cleared courtyard.
• Nan Yu tested Zhang by asking whether he was Li Bufan's illegitimate son, then led him through a Teleportation Array after Zhang sensed the powerful Shadowy Figure.
• Nan Yu guided Zhang toward a mysterious person connected to him and advised him to stop pursuing the Dantian Mansion and focus on his opened Throat Mansion.