Chapter Summaries

Su Qing and his allies faced Penglai and Thousand Islands forces in the West Sea as Gao Erqiang and True Person Du'e fought elsewhere. Old Hero Ying Wushen revealed his Yingzhao Armor and battled Lü Wentian, while Su Qing prepared to test his puppet army against True Person Fu Hu.

• True Person Fu Hu charged at Gao Erqiang, who drew True Person Du'e away, and Su Qing's allies blocked Fu Hu from following.
• Delong pushed Ying Wushen forward, but Lü Wentian ambushed him and identified his armor as the Yingzhao Battle Armor of the Ying Family.
• Ying Wushen explained that he had taken the armor from his father's corpse and fought Lü Wentian, while the other combatants chose their own opponents.
• Ji Yong'en and Ye Suo attacked True Person Fu Hu together, but he broke their sword techniques and shrugged off their blows.
• Su Qing explained why the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom needed Wanghai City to survive, then retreated over a hundred li and sent his puppets to fight Fu Hu.

Su Qing battled True Person Fu Hu from a distance with powerful puppets, surprising the watching cultivators with his cannons and Void Four Lions. After Fu Hu accused him of stealing a Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom treasure and attacked, Su Qing opened the Gate of the Void Realm, forcing Fu Hu to concede; the chapter ended with Su Qing asking to become Fu Hu’s unregistered disciple.

• Su Qing sent his puppets against True Person Fu Hu, whose first attacks overwhelmed the Mirage Dragon, Abyssal Sea Kui Ox, and Storm Ancient Tree.
• The Golden Roc Mothership wounded Fu Hu with its Spirit Explosion Blazing Fire Cannons, and Fu Hu praised the puppet before rushing toward it with Inch-Shrinking Earth.
• The Golden-Haired Brother Lions struck Fu Hu with Four Symbols Thunder Strike Fall, but his tiger-shaped protective true light dispersed the lightning while the Void Four Lions evaded his attacks by shifting between reality and illusion.
• Fu Hu suspected the Void Four Lions used the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom’s lost Formless Garment of Reality and Illusion, rejected Su Qing’s denial, and tried to seize the puppets.
• Su Qing opened the Gate of the Void Realm, alarming Fu Hu so badly that he withdrew his attack and conceded; Su Qing closed the gate and then asked Fu Hu to take him as an unregistered disciple.

Su Qing and True Person Fu Hu negotiated Wanghai City's future while discussing the dangers of the Chaos Void Realm and the Four Emperors Dao Patterns. Gao Erqiang defeated True Person Du'e with help from Ying Wushen and Lü Wentian, and the assembled factions prepared to return to Wanghai to settle the city's governance.

• True Person Fu Hu warned Su Qing not to open the Gate of the Void Realm and offered to make him a Registered Disciple, but Su Qing refused.
• True Person Fu Hu accused Su Qing's Void Four Lions of being connected to the Formless Garment of Reality and Illusion, then explained the importance of the Four Emperors Dao Patterns.
• True Person Fu Hu offered either a shared hundred-year rotation of Wanghai City or the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom's withdrawal in exchange for sufficient benefits and continued shop supplies.
• True Person Du'e arrived battered, and the cultivators learned that Gao Erqiang had defeated him after Ying Wushen and Lü Wentian attacked with the God-Slaying Cone.
• Lü Wentian revealed he had been planted in Hundred Treasures Pavilion by Life-Killing Tower and reunited with his nephew Shi Zhi Fang.
• Su Qing proposed returning to Wanghai and discussing control of the Immortal City after the Grand Auction concluded.

At the Wanghai Grand Auction, Su Qing and the other powerful cultivators watched a Prince's Heir from the Central Land Martial Kingdom bid on rare treasures. Su Qing lost the bidding for Black Tortoise Blood but turned the Prince's Heir's spending into an opportunity to sell a batch of puppets, which Dong Hongtu ultimately bought for fifty-one thousand Spirit Stones.

• Hu Gua spread news that True Person Fu Hu and True Person Du'e had failed to defeat Gao Erqiang and Su Qing, reinforcing that Wanghai remained under their control.
• The Pingxi Prince's Heir, Dong Hongtu, bid thirty thousand Spirit Stones for the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom's Black Tortoise Blood, and Su Qing entered the bidding after learning that the blood might contain True Martial Dao patterns.
• Dong Hongtu outbid Su Qing for the Black Tortoise Blood, leaving Su Qing to yield after his funds ran short.
• Su Qing sent a batch of Sunshine Rainbow Horse puppets to auction, and the Green Lion King, Shi Zhi Fang, and Ling Ying helped raise the price to attract Dong Hongtu.
• Dong Hongtu won the batch of Sunshine Rainbow Horses for fifty-one thousand Spirit Stones after declaring that he would yield it to the high-level cultivators if anyone bid higher.

After the Wanghai auction, Su Qing and Gao Erqiang negotiated with Penglai and the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdoms, agreeing to trade and security terms while keeping control of Wanghai’s fleet. Ling Ying then revealed that Langya Immortal Island had formed from Ancient Immortal's Ruins, drawing the attention of powerful cultivators and leaving its future uncertain.

• Dong Hongtu bought the Star Track Magic Cannon Blueprint for seventy thousand Spirit Stones after other bidders lost interest.
• True Person Du'e and True Person Fu Hu proposed terms that would give Penglai and the Thousand Islands control over Wanghai’s material supplies, but Su Qing rejected them.
• Su Qing accepted a revised requirement to buy materials from Penglai and the Thousand Islands at market prices, and Erqiang signed a thousand-year nonaggression treaty with them.
• Gao Erqiang assigned Su Qing the task of expanding Wanghai’s Puppet fleet, with Penglai and the Thousand Islands allowed to send liaisons but not commanders.
• Ling Ying revealed that Langya Immortal Island had formed from Ancient Immortal's Ruins and invited the cultivators to investigate, provoking their alarm and interest.

After Dong Hongtu was murdered in Wanghai City, a recording falsely depicting Su Qing as the killer spread across Heavenly Origin, and Pingxi Wuguo issued an Exorcism Order demanding Wanghai’s leaders be punished. Pingxi’s envoy pressed West Sea kingdoms to clear a path for its army, but Shi Li Jing refused, leaving the region bracing for conflict.

• Ling Ying revealed details of Langya Immortal Island’s Immortal’s Ruins to stir interest among cultivators, while Su Qing hoped the island would draw Penglai and Thousand Islands’ attention away from Wanghai.
• Hei Qingtian learned that Dong Hongtu and his guards had been murdered and robbed at Yuanlai Inn, and Su Qing and Gao Erqiang viewed a recording showing a nine-tailed, sword-wielding figure committing the killings.
• The recording implicated Su Qing, so Gao Erqiang destroyed it and Hei Qingtian reported that the witness had vanished after demanding fifty thousand Spirit Stones to keep it secret.
• Within half a month, the recording spread through Heavenly Origin, and Pingxi Wuguo issued an Exorcism Order accusing Su Qing of murdering Dong Hongtu and announcing an expedition against Wanghai.
• Shi Li Jing rejected Pingxi Wuguo’s demand to let its army pass through the Desiring Demon Immortal Kingdom and threatened to fight if it invaded.

Ten Thousand Monster Country chose to avoid the conflict between Pingxi Wuguo and the Western Sea kingdoms while its True Kings considered an expedition to Langya Immortal Island. Pingxi Wuguo’s envoy failed to secure cooperation from Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom and Earth Store Buddhist Kingdom, and An Xiuer identified the Evil Kingdom as the main obstacle to the Wu Kingdom’s advance; in Wanghai, Gao Erqiang urged Su Qing not to flee as he prepared to establish his own power.

• True King Luoluo and the old Fire Phoenix argued that Ten Thousand Monster Country should stay out of the dispute between Pingxi Wuguo and the Western Sea kingdoms, while the young Fire Phoenix demanded that Pingxi Wuguo be destroyed.
• True King Green Lion proposed organizing an expedition to Langya Immortal Island to help his son seize the Ancient Immortal’s treasure, and True King Tianpeng said he would travel there independently.
• The Fire Phoenix Princess rejected Pingxi Wuguo’s offer of cooperation and insulted its envoy, while a Fulun Temple monk refused an alliance and the Joyful Sect secretly negotiated with the envoy.
• An Xiuer concluded that the Evil Kingdom and Earth Demon Heaven were the chief danger to Pingxi Wuguo’s advance, abandoned the attempt to reach Wanghai, and returned to consider Wanghai City’s importance.
• Gao Erqiang reassured himself that Su Qing would not leave Wanghai before completing the puppet fleet and Chamber of Commerce, while Su Qing promised to stay and Gao Erqiang headed to the Twilight Society to advance his plans.

Su Qing refined several puppets from Dong Hongtu and his guards while building his strength and planning future campaigns. Twenty years later, wars had reshaped the West Sea, and Wanghai’s puppet fleet had grown powerful enough to repel a sea-beast attack, though its Tier 3 ships remained scarce.

• Su Qing refined the guards into two Nunchucks and two Tornado puppets, then turned Dong Hongtu into a Tier 3 Limit Divine Speed Guardian.
• Su Qing weighed whether to aid Ling Ying or Old Daoist Tong over Langya Island and prioritized organizing Wanghai’s merchants to fund the puppet fleet.
• Over twenty years, Pingxi Wuguo became locked in a brutal war against the Demon Kingdom and its allies, while Penglai and Thousand Islands fought West Sea evils and sea beasts.
• The Huang Family renewed its threat to Langya Island after Langya’s cannons and Old Daoist Tong’s talismans drove it back, while Su Qing took charge of Wanghai and its Chamber of Commerce.
• Yao Yongquan surfaced his Sea Dragon Ship after the fleet cleared the nearby sea beasts and told fellow shipmasters he hoped to buy a Flood Dragon Ship.

Su Qing unveiled the Tier 4 Dragon Island Bi Xi, a mobile fortress that established Wanghai as a Tier 4 power, and promised to keep protecting its merchants after he left. He departed to test the puppet with Qing He, while Ling Ying and the other Wanghai leaders watched; Su Qing said he would set sail from Wanghai within one to eight years.

• Yao Guangquan returned to Wanghai Port and watched Su Qing summon the colossal Dragon Island Bi Xi, which the gathered cultivators recognized as a Tier 4 Puppet.
• Rao Tingshan, Ying Wushen, Duan Tian'ai, and others claimed credit for their contributions, while Su Qing thanked them and promised the puppet would protect Wanghai's merchant fleet.
• The shopkeepers urged Su Qing to remain in Wanghai, but he said he would eventually leave while continuing as Chamber President and maintaining the Puppet Fleet's escort duty.
• He Xinyan expressed regret about their past and said her mother, He Caiyun, would soon replace her in Wanghai; Su Qing rejected her overtures and boarded the Dragon Island Bi Xi with Qing He.
• Ling Ying watched Su Qing depart and reflected that she had never earned his trust because she had kept secret what she sought on Langya Immortal Island.
• Aboard the puppet, Su Qing told Qing He to hand her work over to Ge Ling and said they would set sail in one to eight years, then inspected the fortress's arsenal of Tier 4 combat puppets.

Su Qing used his Tier 4 Dragon Island Bi Xi to locate and attack the Western Sea Heavenly Mother, a powerful evil entity he had long hoped to defeat and whose Corrupt Mark he wanted to purify. The Heavenly Mother survived the opening assault and summoned its Evil Spirit Domain as the battle began.

• Su Qing reviewed his strengthened cultivation, his growing puppet forces, and his plans to use the Merit Wooden Fish to purify the Western Sea Heavenly Mother's Corrupt Mark.
• Su Qing sensed the Western Sea Heavenly Mother and drove Dragon Island Bi Xi southwest to attack it.
• The Western Sea Heavenly Mother was mating with a Giant King Octopus when Bi Xi crashed down, killing the octopus and mangling her lower body.
• The Western Sea Heavenly Mother recognized Su Qing's aura and sent its golden hair toward Bi Xi, but Su Qing's Spirit Explosion Flame Cannons stopped the attack.
• The Western Sea Heavenly Mother unleashed another wail, making the sea boil and black lines spread toward Bi Xi within her Evil Spirit Domain.

Su Qing’s fleet devastated the Western Sea Heavenly Mother’s forces, but she summoned the Tier 5 Demonic Buddha, which attacked Dragon Island Bi Xi. Just as the Black Lotus Platform seemed poised to overwhelm Su Qing, Void Four Lions arrived and made it vanish with their Suanni ability.

• Su Qing unleashed his puppet fleet, wiping out the sea beasts surrounding Dragon Island Bi Xi and forcing the Western Sea Heavenly Mother to retreat.
• Su Qing activated Dragon Island Bi Xi’s combat state, and its Turtle Speed Divine Light pinned the Western Sea Heavenly Mother in place.
• The Western Sea Heavenly Mother revealed that the Demonic Buddha possessed her, and Su Qing tried to retreat rather than fight the Tier 5 Great Evil.
• The Demonic Buddha attacked Dragon Island Bi Xi with a giant black hand, but Su Qing’s missiles and cannons blasted it apart.
• The Demonic Buddha sent a Black Lotus Platform through the fleet’s barrage, and Su Qing prepared to fight in person as Void Four Lions arrived.
• Void Four Lions used their Suanni ability to make the Black Lotus Platform vanish into white mist.

Su Qing purified the Demonic Buddha’s Corrupt Marks and inherited a fragment of the Lotus Birth Seal, while his puppets attacked the Western Sea Heavenly Mother. The Demonic Buddha’s Tier 5 method pulled the Heavenly Mother and the puppets into the Black Demon Domain, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The Demonic Buddha used Buddhist chants to flood Su Qing’s divine sense with Corrupt Marks, hoping to seize control of his puppets.
• Su Qing’s Merit Wooden Fish and High Buddhist Cultivators purified the Corrupt Marks into Dao Patterns, revealing that he had inherited 2.17% of the Lotus Birth Seal.
• The enraged Demonic Buddha unleashed a Tier 5 attack, but the Golden Mane Water Lions dragged the Western Sea Heavenly Mother into the sea while Buddhist Bear Two, Two-Headed Mirage Dragon, and Jade Lotus attacked it.
• The Demonic Buddha’s method reached the sea and dragged the Western Sea Heavenly Mother and the attacking puppets into the Black Demon Domain.

Su Qing defeated the Western Sea Heavenly Mother but lost the Corrupt Marks when they dissolved into the sea, so he sought to recover his expenses by claiming Mermaid Island and its merfolk. On the return voyage, a captured Shrimp Head Man revealed that black-clad raiders had entered the Shrimp Clan’s ancestral ruins and that strange objects had since emerged from a deep-sea cave.

• The three Puppets destroyed the Western Sea Heavenly Mother’s Corrupt Marks, and Su Qing learned that their scattered light spots had vanished into the West Sea.
• Su Qing ordered his Puppets to collect sea beast corpses and sailed deeper into the West Sea to find Mermaid Island, while Qing He asked about a combat allowance and questioned why they were not returning.
• Su Qing found the merfolk unconscious, ordered them moved onto Dragon Island Bi Xi, and used Mountain Bearing Land to lift Mermaid Island from the sea.
• Dragon Island Bi Xi lost its combat state after carrying the island, and Su Qing returned with the merfolk and gathered sea beasts.
• Bear Two brought Su Qing a captured Shrimp Head Man, who told him that black-clad raiders had attacked the Shrimp Clan’s ancestral ruins and that strange items had drifted from a deep-sea cave ever since.

After defeating the Western Sea Heavenly Mother, Su Qing counted his spoils and puppet losses, then learned that Feng Bo'e and his Tomb Raiding Team were trapped in a sea cave. He sent puppets to scout before returning to Wanghai with his cargo, intent on rescuing Feng Bo'e later and demanding recognition for his victory.

• Su Qing learned that the Shrimp Head Man had intercepted messages from Feng Bo'e's team and realized the Tomb Raiding Heroes were trapped in a sea cave.
• Su Qing and Qing He tallied the sea beast spoils and the costly damage to his puppets, while Su Qing reflected on the gains from defeating the Western Sea Heavenly Mother.
• Su Qing decided to send puppets to scout the sea cave before attempting to rescue Feng Bo'e, and returned toward Wanghai with Dragon Island Bi Xi and the spoils.
• Su Qing flew toward Wanghai with Qing He and Bear Two, having sent back a recording of his victory, and told them to remember who failed to welcome him.

Wanghai City celebrated Su Qing’s execution of the Western Sea Heavenly Mother and his rise as a Tier 4 Puppet Master. Su Qing used the occasion to call for a three-year citywide purge, then learned De Bao had brought more than a hundred nephews and nieces to seek refuge with him.

• Wanghai residents held a citywide feast honoring Su Qing, and De Bao’s relatives gained front-row seats after De Bao claimed a past bond with him.
• Su Qing appeared amid peach blossoms, and Rao Tingshan announced his new title and honors for killing the Heavenly Mother.
• Su Qing credited Wanghai and Evil God for his achievements, then declared he would seal the city for three years and purge its internal threats.
• Su Qing noticed suspected targets fleeing to spread messages as the crowd supported his declaration.
• De Bao explained that war had made Demonic Smoke City unsafe and asked Su Qing to shelter his hundred-odd nephews and nieces, whom he told to call Su Qing their uncle.

Su Qing organized a purge of Wanghai’s evil cultivators to clear the way for Erqiang to establish temples and gather incense offerings. He summoned De Bao to discuss matters as the citywide campaign began, while his goal of entering the Hai Family Ancestral Grave remained tied to Erqiang gaining divinity.

• Su Qing ordered Wanghai’s factions to eradicate evil cultivators, thieves, robbers, and demonic cultivators, and the Blood Emperor, Hei Qingtian, Rao Tingshan, and the others pledged their support.
• Su Qing explained that the purge would help Erqiang win popular support, establish temples, and receive incense offerings, which could grant him divinity.
• Su Qing recalled that a Sea Cave Hole in the Hai Family Ancestral Grave concealed an Ancient Immortal God Cave Mansion, and that Erqiang’s divinity could give him a way inside to save the Tomb Raiding Heroes.
• Su Qing concluded that the surrounding mortal nations were essential to Erqiang’s incense offerings and called De Bao upstairs.
• De Bao’s companions offered work and trade opportunities for him and his 108 nephews and nieces before the Princess Leopard summoned him to meet Su Qing.

Su Qing confirmed that Wei De Bao’s family inherited the Incense Keeper profession and recruited De Bao and his thirty-six nephews under a hundred-year contract. He equipped them and ordered them to join Sword Come Hall’s cultivators on missions across Sea Watch’s mortal kingdoms to protect Gao Erqiang’s effort to become a righteous god.

• Su Qing asked Wei De Bao about the Wei Family’s secret professions, and De Bao revealed that the men were Incense Keepers while the women were Incense Senders.
• De Bao told Su Qing he had taught the inherited male cultivation method to his thirty-six nephews, and Su Qing gave them Beauty Snake Puppets as gifts.
• De Bao agreed to serve Su Qing with his nephews for one hundred years under a divine-sense contract, provided they severed their ties with Gao Erqiang.
• Su Qing recognized the incense produced during the oath as evidence that De Bao’s family could guard incense and repel Evil Entities.
• Su Qing told De Bao to collect exorcism armor, Buddhist treasures, and Three Pure Ones Puppets at Erqiang’s expense.
• Su Qing summoned Ji Yong'en and Ye Suo and ordered them to lead Sword Come Hall cultivators alongside De Bao and his nephews on missions across Sea Watch’s mortal kingdoms.

Wanghai’s Evil Sweeping operation exposed a soul-stealing shop and drove the Old National Preceptor’s allies into motion, while a crisis at Langya Immortal Island revealed more than a hundred Divine Patterns and drew forces across the Celestial Origin Realm. Su Qing decided to go to Langya for the Ziwei Star Infant, leaving Bear Two, Jade Lotus, and the Two-Headed Mirage Dragon to defend Wanghai.

• Bai Wuchang exposed the paper offerings shop’s use of stolen souls, but its owner, Soul-Calling Evil, escaped before the Spirit Catcher arrived.
• The Blood Emperor’s team surrounded Know-All, where Hu San Gua died by a Vile Spirit Flower and the Blood Emperor ordered an possessing evil to use the body to track Hu San Gua’s uncle.
• Li Huai'an revealed his plan to sacrifice Cai Kingdom and neighboring kingdoms to become an evil god, while Hu Gua chose to provoke a Night of a Hundred Evils on Langya Immortal Island instead of avenging his nephew.
• The Immortal’s Ruins emerged after the Dragon Tiger Talisman Paper shattered, revealing an Immortal Script about more than a hundred Divine Patterns and drawing the attention of powers throughout the realm.
• Su Qing decided to travel to Langya Immortal Island for the Ziwei Star Infant and sent Bear Two, Jade Lotus, and the Two-Headed Mirage Dragon to reinforce Wei De Bao and defend Wanghai.

Old Daoist Tong and Madam Lanxiang discussed the danger facing the Immortal’s Ruins and sought help as the island’s safeguards faltered. Meanwhile, Su Qing went to steal a Buddha Bone Relic for his coming trip to Langya Immortal Island, but Master Liaode caught him and negotiated a trade.

• Old Daoist Tong learned he was a Heavenly Master Puppet and tried to leave Madam Lanxiang, but she explained why the Immortal’s Ruins could not safely be opened without the Old Scholar Tree Branch.
• Madam Lanxiang revealed that True Person Langya had died before becoming the Ziwei Star Lord and worried that the Heavenly Masters’ plan to bestow divine titles could fail.
• Old Daoist Tong contacted Gao Erqiang, Su Qing, and Liu Yun'er for help, then told Madam Lanxiang that Su Qing would come to Langya Immortal Island.
• Su Qing used the Void Four Lions to sneak into Buddhist Treasure Pavilion and reached the Buddha Bone Relic he needed for Langya.
• Master Liaode caught Su Qing trying to take the relic, and Su Qing offered five Exorcism Puppets in exchange for it.

Su Qing prepared to venture to Langya Immortal Island and obtain Ling Ying’s desired treasure, even after she dissolved their Spirit Contract. When Wanghai’s leaders balked at joining him because powerful rivals were gathering, Su Qing wondered whether anyone in the city still had the courage to advance.

• Su Qing accepted a Fourth-tier Buddha Bone Relic from Fulun Temple and told Ling Ying he would help the temple if he could.
• Ling Ying dissolved her Spirit Contract with Su Qing and urged him to abandon the dangerous expedition, but he promised to obtain the Pen of Lingering Affection for her.
• Su Qing declined Ling Ying’s offer to provide what he needed and returned to his Puppet Shop carrying fourth-tier treasure materials.
• Wanghai’s leaders and allies gathered at Su Qing’s shop, where Ying Wushen, Rao Tingshan, the Green Lion King, and Shi Zhi Fang warned him that powerful forces were converging on Langya Immortal Island.
• After hearing that even the Wanghai cultivators were reluctant to join the expedition, Su Qing wondered whether the city still had any ambitious heroes.