Recaps

Su Qing refined the Shattered Lotus Puppet into Jade Lotus, whose Buddhist powers and battle formations gave him confidence against Er Qiang and other Tier 4 threats. He planned to visit the Earth Store Buddhist Kingdom after the Deity Transformation Small Realm drew attention, but first remembered his promise to help Ling Ying retrieve her treasure from Langya Immortal Island.

• Su Qing examined the Void Four Lions’ abilities and judged that they improved his chances against powerful foes but could not guarantee victory against Er Qiang.
• Su Qing fused the shattered lotus with the Earth-Grumbling Stone and costly materials, then refined and activated the new puppet.
• The puppet’s foul-mouthed voice produced Buddhist light and thunder, revealing its exorcism abilities and consuming spirit-stone energy rapidly.
• Su Qing named the puppet Jade Lotus and discovered its powers, including exorcism, recovery, battle formations, and attraction to Buddhist treasures.
• Su Qing decided to visit the Earth Store Buddhist Kingdom with Jade Lotus when factions pursued the Deity Transformation Small Realm, then recalled that he first needed to help Ling Ying at Langya Immortal Island.

Su Qing received Ye Suo’s Essence Light Stone delivery and learned that Wanghai City was preparing to welcome Gao Erqiang as its new lord. He skipped the ceremony and sent a meager gift, leaving Qing He to present it as the city’s other factions offered far grander treasures.

• Ye Suo delivered 7,642 jin of Essence Light Stone to Su Qing after waiting outside the shop for half a month, then learned that Su Qing had dismantled the Camphor Wood Sword and fused it into a puppet.
• Qing He told Su Qing that Wanghai City’s Gold Medal Shops were preparing gifts for Gao Erqiang, and Su Qing chose to contribute a hundred Spirit Stones and several Tier 2 Princess Puppets.
• Wanghai City’s leaders and prominent cultivators gathered to welcome Gao Erqiang, while Hei Qingtian noted that Su Qing, Ji Yong'en, and Master Liaode were absent.
• Gao Erqiang arrived, spoke humbly to the city’s factions, and entered the City Lord’s Manor as its new lord.
• The city’s factions presented Gao Erqiang with valuable gifts, but Qing He’s offering for Su’s Puppet Shop—a Tier 2 Headless Leopard—stunned the gathering and prompted Rao Tingshan to criticize Su Qing.

Gao Erqiang reunited with Su Qing in Wanghai City, where their calm exchange convinced the gathered cultivators that Su Qing was powerful enough to command the Evil God's respect. While sea fishing together, they encountered a school of Fish Dragons led by a Tier 4 Fish Dragon King, leaving the treasure ship under threat.

• Qing He told Gao Erqiang that Su Qing was busy refining puppets, and Gao Erqiang chose to visit Su's Puppet Shop rather than punish him.
• Su Qing welcomed Gao Erqiang at his shop, and their measured conversation led the Wanghai cultivators to suspect Su Qing could rival the Evil God.
• Su Qing invited Gao Erqiang to go sea fishing, and Wanghai's powerful cultivators supplied a treasure ship and fishing gear.
• Gao Erqiang and Su Qing encountered a school of Fish Dragons approaching the ship, and Gao Erqiang stepped onto the waves to face them.
• A Tier 4 Fish Dragon King burst from the sea, and Su Qing released the Two-Headed Mirage Dragon to protect the ship from the crashing seawater.

Gao Erqiang confronted Fish Head Shovel after the Fish Dragon King declared control over the seas around Wanghai, while Su Qing plunged into the depths to attack its Fish Dragon swarm. Fish Head Shovel revealed its Mountain Moving Black Dragon bloodline and fought back against Gao Erqiang’s overwhelming Daoist arts.

• Fish Head Shovel announced that the Fish Dragon Clan would control the seas around Wanghai after its five-thousand-year agreement with the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom expired, and Rao Tingshan explained its history.
• Gao Erqiang challenged Fish Head Shovel, countered its crescent shovel with a bone claw, and struck it with Five Thunder Yang Fire and other Cloud Mountain Daoist arts.
• Su Qing dove into the deep sea to hunt the Fish Dragon swarm while the cultivators aboard the treasure ship called out potential uses for the creatures’ materials.
• Fish Head Shovel revealed its true form and summoned the Mountain Moving Black Dragon Ancestor Phantom after Gao Erqiang urged it to retreat.
• Fish Head Shovel fired its Fish Head Cannon, but Gao Erqiang swallowed the attack in clouds and unleashed a barrage of Daoist arts that tore through its unscaled body and spilled its True Dragon blood.
• The Mountain Moving Black Dragon Phantom used Primordial Spirit Light and its mountain-wielding tail to dispel Gao Erqiang’s attacks.

Su Qing and Gao Erqiang defeated Fish Head Shovel and traded for dragon materials, while thirty years of upheaval spread across the West Sea and Wanghai City prospered under their protection. The long-delayed Wanghai Grand Auction began as Hei Qingtian feared that trouble would break out.

• Gao Erqiang defeated Fish Head Shovel, took its True Dragon Essence Blood and scales, and allowed it to flee west with its surviving clan.
• Su Qing revealed his puppets and missiles, forcing the wounded Fish Head Shovel to retreat, then traded Deep Sea Tyrants and Dagger Missile Puppets with Gao Erqiang for dragon blood and scales.
• Su Qing sold the captured Fish Dragons to Wanghai cultivators, and the Blood Emperor confirmed to Gao Erqiang that Su Qing had defeated Ye Suo with a single sword strike.
• Over the next thirty years, powerful monsters and Evil Entities destabilized the West Sea, while Su Qing and High Evil God protected Wanghai from the Western Sea Heavenly Mother and the city grew prosperous.
• Wanghai held its long-postponed Grand Auction after driving the Western Sea Heavenly Mother away, and Hei Qingtian worried that danger would disrupt the event.

Su Qing’s allies gathered in Wanghai City as Penglai and the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom prepared to challenge the city’s independence and pressure his business. He backed Ling Ying’s plan to reveal Langya Immortal Island’s Immortal’s Ruins, then entered the Puppet Refining Chamber as a newly advanced Golden Core Venerable.

• The White-faced Green Lion King rallied his demon retinue to support Su Qing at the Wanghai City Auction, while Shi Zhi Fang and Wu Dan prepared to uphold the Desiring Demon Immortal Kingdom’s interests despite Shi Zhi Fang’s hatred of Su Qing.
• True Person Du'e declared that Penglai Immortal Island would take control of Wanghai City, while True Person Fu Hu’s delegation from the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom planned to target Gao Erqiang and avoid harming merchants friendly to their kingdom.
• Ling Ying told Su Qing she would reveal at the Auction that Langya Immortal Island held an Immortal’s Ruins, and Su Qing encouraged her to share the news.
• After Ling Ying left, Su Qing entered the Puppet Refining Chamber, where it was revealed that he had condensed liquid into a core half a month earlier and become a Golden Core Venerable.

After thirty years of preparation, Su Qing assessed his Golden Core cultivation and puppet forces as Penglai Immortal Island and the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom arrived to challenge Wanghai’s power at the Grand Auction. The auction opened amid a crowd of cultivators and prominent factions, while Hu Gua’s intelligence team recorded the arrivals and assessed their significance.

• Su Qing reviewed the Ziwei Myriad Manifestations Core he had formed and the puppet forces and escape measures he had prepared to face the Nascent Soul leaders threatening Wanghai.
• Su Qing waited through the night for the Grand Auction, expecting Erqiang to help hold off the approaching factions.
• Hu Gua secured back-row seats for his intelligence team and instructed them to record auction results and watch for opportunities to gather information.
• The Twilight Society welcomed Duan Yang and Duan Tian'ai, Master Liaode, Ying Wushen, and the He Family Twin Beauties as they took seats on the second and third floors.
• Rao Tingshan and Li Kuishan entered the third-floor private rooms, followed by Lü Wentian and the shopkeepers of Wanghai Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

At Wanghai City's Grand Auction, Gao Erqiang and True Person Fu Hu clashed over Blood Emperor before Su Qing intervened and learned that the major factions wanted to take control of the city. Su Qing prepared for the confrontation, but the True King and Nascent Soul reinforcements he had expected failed to arrive, leaving him to rely on weaker allies and a newly acquired Qiongqi skin.

• True Person Fu Hu attacked Blood Emperor, and Gao Erqiang seized several Thousand Islands Golden Cores to force Fu Hu to release him.
• Su Qing arrived with Ling Ying, Qing He, and Sword Come Hall cultivators, persuaded Fu Hu and Gao Erqiang to stop, and heard Fu Hu warn him to distance himself from evil entities.
• Gao Erqiang told Su Qing that the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom had demanded control of Wanghai City and its businesses, and Su Qing pledged to stand behind him.
• Su Qing learned that the Green Lion True King had been stopped by a Penglai Nascent Soul, but accepted a Tier 4 Qiongqi skin from the White-faced Green Lion King in exchange for future puppets.
• Shi Zhi Fang told Su Qing that Shi Li Jing had been blocked by a Thousand Islands Nascent Soul, then offered the Desiring Demon Sect's seven Golden Core cultivators as aid.

Wanghai’s local forces rallied behind High Evil God and Su Qing, rejecting the prospect of Penglai and Thousand Islands taking control of the city. As the Grand Auction began with Su Qing’s new Ironclad Dragon Turtle puppet drawing eager bids, Su Qing modestly contrasted his shared designs with Penglai’s exclusive puppets.

• Ying Wushen, Duan Tian'ai, Shao Delong, Master Liaode, and Hei Qingtian declared that their forces would support High Evil God and Su Qing rather than let Penglai Sect and Thousand Islands Sect dominate Wanghai.
• Hei Qingtian argued that High Evil God and Su Qing had protected Wanghai and helped it prosper, and he pledged the Enforcement Hall to High Evil God’s side.
• Ying Wushen urged everyone to wait until the Grand Auction ended before any confrontation, while Liang Hai Shun opened the event as auctioneer.
• Liang Hai Shun presented Su Qing’s Tier 3 Ironclad Dragon Turtle, and cultivators competed enthusiastically to buy the new puppet.
• True Person Du'e praised Su Qing’s reputation and puppet-making skill, and Su Qing replied that Penglai’s exclusive puppets surpassed his in quality and quantity but that he shared his own new designs with cultivators.

Su Qing and Gao Erqiang rejected Penglai and Thousand Islands’ demands for control over Wanghai and its merchants, while allies backed Wanghai’s independence. The confrontation escalated into a looming battle at sea, as Su Qing revealed four puppetized Golden Mane Brothers to persuade Green Lion King to join them.

• Su Qing accused Penglai Immortal Island of hoarding its cultivation creations and exposed the Star Track Magic Cannon Blueprint as obsolete, then redirected True Person Du'e’s anger toward Gao Erqiang.
• Gao Erqiang declared that Wanghai would belong to no Immortal Kingdom or sect, and Green Lion King, Shi Zhi Fang, and representatives of other powers voiced their support.
• True Person Fu Hu and True Person Du'e demanded Wanghai’s Gold Medal Shops or valuable puppet and armor inheritances, but Gao Erqiang and Su Qing refused.
• True Person Du'e manifested an Immortal Lord Dharma Image and True Person Fu Hu unleashed his strength, prompting the auction crowd to panic as the gathering moved toward a fight.
• Su Qing reassured the auction attendees that bidding would continue and said the True Persons would give Wanghai cultivators a lesson at sea.
• Su Qing showed Green Lion King four puppetized Golden Mane Brothers and promised that they could help block a Nascent Soul cultivator, prompting Green Lion King to consider bringing more Golden Mane Brothers for puppet refinement.

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.