Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji left Song Lin to guard a formation while he hunted other contestants for their sea spirits. He defeated two Thousand Islands Sect disciples, and their abrupt elimination stunned the spectators outside the secret realm.

• Xia Wuji set up a ninth-grade low-grade formation and left Song Lin to guard it while he searched for sea spirits alone.
• Xia Wuji found Li Yue of the Thousand Islands Sect, broke through his armor with the Seven Emotions Flying Swords, and took his sea spirit.
• The secret realm expelled Li Yue, and the spectators learned that he had been defeated despite being a ninth-stage cultivator.
• A second Thousand Islands Sect disciple emerged, blaming Li Yue's communication talisman for leading him to Xia Wuji, who had cut him with the Seven Flying Swords.
• Xia Wuji continued hunting inside the secret realm after claiming two sea spirits.

Xia Wuji defeated Kun Gate cultivators Cai Feng and Feng Wei, taking most of their sea spirits and forcing Cai Feng to lead him toward Cai Yan. Outside the secret realm, Cai Kun wagered one hundred large islands against Qin Baishang on the outcome of Xia Wuji’s coming confrontation with Cai Yan.

• Xia Wuji followed the fluctuations of five sea spirits and found Cai Feng and Feng Wei, who had trapped two Skull Island cultivators and taken their sea spirits.
• Feng Wei activated a formation against Xia Wuji while Cai Feng attacked, but Xia Wuji broke the formation, defeated Cai Feng, and seized two of his sea spirits.
• Xia Wuji questioned Cai Feng, learned that Cai Yan held three sea spirits, and ordered him to lead the way to her.
• Xia Wuji took Feng Wei’s two sea spirits and had him expelled from the secret realm, bringing his total to twelve.
• After Feng Wei reported Cai Feng’s defeat, Cai Kun challenged Qin Baishang to wager one hundred islands on whether Cai Yan would defeat Xia Wuji.

Xia Wuji defeated Cai Yan inside the secret realm, took her sea spirits, and learned that Cai Qiong held the final five. Cai Yan and Cai Feng were expelled, confirming Xia Wuji’s victory and forcing Cai Kun to concede a wager of one hundred large islands to Hell, while Cai Qiong remained inside.

• Xia Wuji used Cai Feng to find Cai Yan, defeated her in battle, and took the three sea spirits she held.
• Cai Yan told Xia Wuji that Cai Qiong had five sea spirits, but she did not know his whereabouts.
• Xia Wuji took the sea spirits from Cai Yan and Cai Feng, and both siblings were teleported out of the secret realm.
• The crowd on Black Turtle Island saw Cai Yan and Cai Feng emerge, confirming that Xia Wuji had won; Kun Gate’s people rushed to treat the siblings.
• Qin Baishang reminded Cai Kun of their wager, and Cai Kun accepted the loss of one hundred large islands before challenging her to another bet.
• Qin Baishang refused to wager again and hoped Xia Wuji and Song Lin would hide until the competition ended, while Cai Kun hoped Cai Qiong would find Xia Wuji.

Xia Wuji emerged from the sea-spirit battle with twenty sea spirits, securing the Inferno Prison’s advantage and humiliating Cai Qiong and the Kun Gate. Cai Qiong challenged him to a duel, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight over a wager of twenty sea spirits and the title of the Chaos Sea’s number-one prodigy.

• Xia Wuji returned to Song Lin after failing to find Cai Qiong, and told her that only the three of them remained while he held all the other sea spirits.
• Xia Wuji and Song Lin left the secret realm, and Cai Qiong emerged soon afterward, boasting that the Kun Gate’s victory was assured.
• Xia Wuji presented twenty sea spirits to Qin Baishang, and Cai Qiong learned that Xia Wuji had defeated Cai Yan and Cai Feng while the Kun Gate had lost one hundred large sea islands.
• Cai Qiong challenged Xia Wuji to a duel, and leaders from the Kun Gate and other factions pressured Qin Baishang to allow it.
• Xia Wuji accepted the challenge and proposed wagering twenty sea spirits; Cai Kun and allied leaders assembled the matching stake for Cai Qiong.
• Song Lin moved away as Xia Wuji and Cai Qiong faced off on the plaza, with their duel set to decide the wager and the title of the Chaos Sea’s number-one prodigy.

Xia Wuji fought Cai Qiong at the Sea Spirit Convention to win twenty sea spirits and establish Purgatory’s reputation. After outmaneuvering Cai Qiong with his sword techniques, Xia Wuji revealed his Sword Soul and defeated him, proving himself the Chaos Sea’s number-one prodigy.

• Xia Wuji faced Cai Qiong, with Purgatory, the Kun Gate, and other factions watching the battle for the twenty sea spirits.
• Cai Qiong’s opening slash was dismantled by Xia Wuji’s Seven Emotions Flying Swords, and Xia Wuji then pressured him with his sword techniques.
• Xia Wuji combined the Mountain River Sword Technique with the Ghostly Sword Art, sending Cai Qiong flying and drawing blood from him.
• Cai Qiong put away his saber and unleashed the Kun Fist, surrounding himself with the phantom of a gigantic kun as he charged Xia Wuji.
• Xia Wuji withdrew his swords and released his Sword Soul, shattering Cai Qiong’s kun manifestations and knocking him unconscious.

Xia Wuji defeated Cai Qiong at the Sea Spirit Convention, securing Purgatory’s gains and earning the Black Turtle Island Lord’s protection and a Golden Turtle Shell. After Purgatory left the island, Xia Wuji absorbed forty Sea Spirits and saw the Chaos Sea’s laws manifest as a vast sea.

• Xia Wuji crushed Cai Qiong’s soul with his sword strike, while Qin Baishang collected the wager and stopped Cai Kun from attacking him.
• The Black Turtle Island Lord guaranteed Xia Wuji’s safety, and Mo Ying turned away visitors while Xia Wuji rested.
• Qin Baishang gave Xia Wuji forty Sea Spirits and led Purgatory off Black Turtle Island to avoid an ambush.
• The Black Turtle Island Lord gave Xia Wuji the Golden Turtle Shell as a gift, and Qin Baishang said the Black Turtle ancestor had likely sensed the Sea Spirits within him.
• Xia Wuji absorbed the forty Sea Spirits, bringing his total to forty-six, then entered the vast sea formed by the visible Chaos Sea laws.

Xia Wuji learned the Sea King's history and discovered that the trusted figure who received the Golden Sea King Sword had come from the Dark Forbidden Zone. At Qin Baishang's residence, he reunited with her eldest brother Qin An, whose body was afflicted by the Dark Forbidden Zone's aura.

• Xia Wuji used the Golden Turtle Shell to witness the Sea King's life and learned that the Sea King entrusted the Golden Sea King Sword to a trusted, unidentified figure.
• Xia Wuji returned to the Spirit Ship and cultivated with the forty-six sea spirits, advancing from the tenth level of the Nirvana Realm to Nirvana perfection.
• Granny Rong told Qin Baishang that her family had arrived, and Qin Baishang took Xia Wuji to meet her eldest brother, Qin An.
• Qin An told Qin Baishang that he and their father had escaped the Dark Forbidden Zone and planned to settle old scores before finding Suyi.
• Qin An suddenly coughed black blood and revealed that the Dark Forbidden Zone's aura was spreading through him, then hurried into a secret chamber for treatment.
• Xia Wuji recognized Qin An's dark aura as resembling the figure who had helped the Sea King and received the Golden Sea King Sword.

Xia Wuji entered the Dark Forbidden Zone-tainted chamber and used the Chaos Sea’s laws to suppress the aura eroding Qin An, then learned that his eldest uncle was Qin Baishang’s long-lost brother. The chapter ended with Qin An discovering that Xia Wuji was Suyi’s son and his eldest nephew.

• Qin Baishang warned Xia Wuji against entering the chamber, but he used his forty-six sea spirits to protect himself and went in to help Qin An.
• Xia Wuji suppressed the dark aura inside Qin An and dispersed the aura filling the chamber, then told Qin Baishang that Qin An’s life origin was only about thirty percent eroded.
• Qin Baishang explained that the Dark Forbidden Zone turned those eroded by its aura into dark creatures and feared that her father might have suffered the same fate.
• Xia Wuji said that more sea spirits could suppress the dark aura, while finding the Heart of the Sea King could cleanse it completely, but he concealed what he knew about the Heart and the Golden Sea King Sword.
• Qin An woke and thanked Xia Wuji for helping him, and Qin Baishang revealed that Xia Wuji was Suyi’s son and Qin An’s eldest nephew.

Xia Wuji reunited with his maternal family and learned that Qin An and Qin Hai were being consumed by dark energy. After Xia Wuji proved he could suppress it without a sea spirit, Qin An agreed to take him to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.

• Qin An learned that Xia Wuji was Suyi’s son, and Qin Baishang recounted Wuji’s feats in the Chaos Sea.
• Qin An explained that dark energy had badly tainted his and Qin Hai’s life origins, and that Qin Hai wanted Qin Baishang to remain in the Chaos Sea and develop Purgatory.
• Xia Wuji offered to accompany Qin An, saying he could help suppress the dark energy and had reasons to visit the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land; Qin An gave him a sample to study for three days.
• Qin Baishang agreed to stay in the Chaos Sea and received resources from Qin Hai, while Qin An secretly planned to leave at dawn without Xia Wuji.
• The next morning, Xia Wuji demonstrated that he could suppress the dark energy without a sea spirit, and Qin An agreed to take him to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land.

Xia Wuji traveled with Qin An to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land, where Qin An made him a True Disciple of Heaven Inquiry Peak. Upon arrival, they learned that the other five peaks were contesting Heaven Inquiry Peak’s Heavenly Origin Pool, and they hurried there to face the dispute.

• Xia Wuji left Purgatory Island with Qin An, received the Heaven Inquiry Swordplay inheritance and pills, and reached the Myriad Manifestation Realm during their journey.
• Qin An brought Xia Wuji to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land, warned him to conceal his connection to Qin Suyi, and registered him as his True Disciple.
• Qin An introduced Xia Wuji to Huang Chong at Heaven Inquiry Peak and asked where Qin Hai was.
• Huang Chong said Qin Hai was at the Heavenly Origin Pool, where the other five peaks were refusing to leave and had demanded a contest over its use.
• Qin An took Xia Wuji to the Heavenly Origin Pool to confront the dispute.

Xia Wuji arrived at Heaven Inquiry Peak as its fifth fighter in a contest over access to the Heavenly Origin Pool. He defeated Chu Yunjiao in one strike, leaving Heaven Inquiry Peak’s rivals stunned.

• Qin An brought Xia Wuji to the plaza, where Qin Hai learned Qin Baishang was safe and recognized Qin Suyi’s features in Xia Wuji.
• Qin Yu defeated Zhang Lie with a powerful sword strike, then collapsed from her injuries.
• The other peaks urged Qin Hai to concede control of Heaven Inquiry Peak’s Heavenly Origin Pool, while Yang Wen was too afraid to fight their Half-Step Heavenly Gate Realm challenger.
• Xia Wuji volunteered for Heaven Inquiry Peak’s fifth battle, and Qin Hai accepted him as the representative.
• Chu Yunjiao attacked Xia Wuji, but his Seven Emotions Flying Swords pierced her before he declared, “Unbearably weak. Next!”

Xia Wuji defeated two Half-Step Heavenly Gate Realm prodigies in succession, earning Heaven Inquiry Peak three victories and restoring its standing. He then faced Shen Cong, a first-level Heavenly Gate Realm spear wielder, and revealed his Sword Soul after Shen broke through his Seven Flying Swords.

• Xia Wuji defeated Chu Yunjiao with his Seven Flying Swords, and she conceded before accusing him of winning through luck.
• Xia Wuji defeated a Suppressing Sky Peak man by combining his flying swords with ghostly apparitions and a mountains-and-rivers attack.
• Heaven Inquiry Peak celebrated Xia Wuji's second victory, which brought the peak's total to three wins alongside Qin Yu's result.
• Shen Cong of Supporting Sky Peak entered the arena, and Xia Wuji told Qin An that he would defeat him too.
• Shen Cong broke through Xia Wuji's Seven Flying Swords and thrust his spear at him, but Xia Wuji summoned the Sword Soul from between his brows.

Xia Wuji defeated Shen Cong with his Sword Soul, and Qin Hai killed a Supporting Sky Peak elder who tried to attack him. Xia Wuji chose to fight Zhou Ying for the final match, and as her Thousand Illusion Lightning Body prepared to strike, he unleashed the Heaven Inquiry Swordplay.

• Xia Wuji's Sword Soul grievously wounded Shen Cong, and Qin Hai crushed and killed a Supporting Sky Peak elder who attacked Xia Wuji.
• Qin Hai offered to withdraw Xia Wuji from the final match, but Xia Wuji insisted on fighting Zhou Ying and promised to win for Heaven Inquiry Peak.
• Zhou Ying attacked Xia Wuji with spells, shadow chains, and Heavenly Thunder Break, but he escaped and countered with his Seven Emotions Flying Swords and Sword Soul.
• Zhou Ying used a talisman to restrain Xia Wuji's Sword Soul, then activated her Sacred Art, the Thousand Illusion Lightning Body, creating more than a hundred lightning-wreathed copies.
• As Zhou Ying's copies prepared to unleash their lightning techniques, Xia Wuji struck with the Heaven Inquiry Swordplay, One Sword, Asking the Common People.

Xia Wuji defeated Zhou Ying with Heaven Inquiry Swordplay, securing victory for Heaven Inquiry Peak and earning Qin Hai's admiration. In the secret chamber, Xia Wuji revealed that his mother was Qin Suyi and bowed to Qin Hai as his grandfather.

• Xia Wuji overwhelmed Zhou Ying's lightning clones with Ask the Common People, defeated her, and won his fourth consecutive battle for Heaven Inquiry Peak.
• Qin Hai praised Xia Wuji, drove the people from the five rival peaks away, and warned them to stop interfering with Heaven Inquiry Peak.
• Qin Hai found the Heavenly Origin Spirit Vein cracked and ordered Li Qiushui to repair it before restoring the pool to use.
• Qin An treated the unconscious Qin Yu, and Qin Hai later called Qin An, Qin Yu, and Xia Wuji into a secret chamber to question Xia Wuji about his origins.
• Xia Wuji told Qin Hai that he had cultivated in the Purgatory of the Chaos Sea and revealed that his mother was Qin Suyi, then knelt and addressed Qin Hai as his grandfather.

Xia Wuji reunited with Qin Hai, who learned that Xia Wuji was his grandson, as Shen Xuan attacked Heaven Inquiry Peak and worsened Qin Hai’s dark corruption. With the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land poised to move against them, Xia Wuji prepared to suppress Qin Hai’s dark aura.

• Qin An revealed that Xia Wuji was Qin Suyi’s son, and Qin Hai joyfully embraced his newly acknowledged grandson.
• Qin Hai warned Qin An to take Xia Wuji to the Chaos Sea, but Shen Xuan arrived and challenged him over a slain Supporting Sky Peak elder.
• Shen Xuan used Darkness Crystal Stones to provoke the dark aura in Qin Hai, then fled after Qin Hai pierced his domain and defeated him.
• Qin Hai’s dark corruption became visible, and he ordered Qin An to take Xia Wuji and Qin Yu away from Heaven Inquiry Peak.
• Qin An left to hold off their enemies, while Xia Wuji began preparing to suppress Qin Hai’s dark aura.

Xia Wuji used the Brightness Scripture to suppress the dark aura in Qin Hai, foiling Zhou Dingtian and his allies’ attempt to expose and discredit him. After Heaven Inquiry Peak resumed normal operations, Xia Wuji deciphered the third level of the Universe Pagoda and entered the fiery realm where the Source of Fire was sealed.

• Xia Wuji used the Brightness Scripture to suppress Qin Hai’s dark aura and taught him how to continue cleansing it.
• Zhou Dingtian, Zhou Dingshan, and Shen Xuan went to Heaven Inquiry Peak to force Qin Hai to reveal whether he had been corrupted by darkness, while Lin Sheng protected Qin An from their demands.
• Qin Hai emerged in excellent condition, disproving the accusation, and the group left after resolving the confrontation.
• Qin Hai gave Xia Wuji resources, and Xia Wuji spent the following days cultivating and deciphering the Universe Pagoda’s restrictions.
• Xia Wuji used his Sword Soul to decipher the final sigil, entered the third level of the Universe Pagoda, and found a realm of flames sealing the Source of Fire.

Xia Wuji strengthened his Heavenly Fire, advanced his cultivation, and reunited with his family at Heaven Inquiry Peak. He was set to travel with Qin Yu and Qin An to Spirit Peak City to buy pills and discuss cooperation with the Pill Pagoda.

• Xia Wuji absorbed the Source of Fire until his Heavenly Fire reached the peak of the Eighth Grade, then left the Universe Pagoda after instructing Pengfei and the Azure Sky Dragon Python.
• Xia Wuji went to the Heavenly Origin Pool, where Qin Yu asked him to help keep Yang Wen from approaching her and guided him to a cultivation spot.
• Xia Wuji and Qin Yu cultivated at the pool for more than three days, and Xia Wuji advanced to the second level of the Myriad Manifestation Realm.
• Xia Wuji and Qin Yu visited Qin Hai and Qin An, and Qin Hai gave them Spirit Crystals for their upcoming trip to Spirit Peak City.
• Qin Hai told Xia Wuji and Qin Yu to accompany Qin An to Spirit Peak City the next day, where Qin An would buy a Carefree Pill and discuss cooperation with the Pill Pagoda.

Xia Wuji accompanied Qin An and Qin Yu to Spirit Peak City, where Supporting Sky Peak sabotaged Heaven Inquiry Peak’s negotiations with the Pill Pagoda. After Qin An explained the threat to Heaven Inquiry Peak’s recovery, Xia Wuji headed back to the Pill Pagoda with his alchemist badge, intending to intervene.

• Qin An brought Xia Wuji, Qin Yu, and Heaven Inquiry Peak members to Spirit Peak City to seek a Carefree Pill and negotiate cooperation with the Pill Pagoda.
• Xia Wuji browsed the Pill Pagoda’s medicine market and decided to buy spirit medicine seeds rather than costly ingredients.
• Shen Ting of Supporting Sky Peak insulted Qin Yu and Xia Wuji, then claimed his faction would secure the Pill Pagoda’s cooperation and block Heaven Inquiry Peak.
• Qin An learned that Supporting Sky Peak had offered the Pill Pagoda master a Profound Yin Heavenly Stone in exchange for rejecting Heaven Inquiry Peak.
• After Qin An said he would keep seeking a way to secure cooperation, Xia Wuji took out his alchemist badge and returned alone to the Pill Pagoda.

Xia Wuji entered the Pill Pagoda and used his Heavenly Fire to draw the Radiant Sun Sacred Fire from its rooftop into his hands. Guo Fang sealed the Sacred Fire after discovering it responded to Xia Wuji, and began to suspect the young man could help him refine it.

• Xia Wuji rented a first-floor Alchemy Room with his Third Grade Peak Rank Alchemist badge.
• Shen Ting told Lu Fei that Xia Wuji had arrived, and Lu Fei accepted Shen Ting's Spirit Crystals and set out to arrange Xia Wuji's death in an alchemy accident.
• Xia Wuji activated the Sky Burning Art, causing the Radiant Sun Sacred Fire atop the Pill Pagoda to vanish and appear in his hands.
• Guo Fang sensed the Sacred Fire inside the Pill Pagoda, rushed into Xia Wuji's room, and found the flame docile beside him.
• Xia Wuji offered the Sacred Fire back to Guo Fang, who sealed it in a jade slip after it briefly burned his palm and then showed no resistance.
• Guo Fang realized Xia Wuji might be the key to refining the Radiant Sun Sacred Fire.

Xia Wuji survived an attempted murder in the Pill Tower and helped Guo Fang imprint his aura on the Radiant Sun Sacred Fire. Guo Fang punished Lu Fei and Shen Ting, then kept Xia Wuji with him to continue refining the Sacred Fire.

• Guo Fang learned Xia Wuji was Qin An's disciple from Heaven Inquiry Peak and abandoned the idea of taking him as a disciple, but asked him to help refine the Radiant Sun Sacred Fire.
• Lu Fei and his accomplices broke into Xia Wuji's Alchemy Room intending to cover up his supposed death, but found him with Guo Fang, the Pagoda Master.
• Lu Fei confessed to colluding with Shen Ting, and Guo Fang killed Lu Fei and the others before ordering Fu Bo to punish Shen Ting.
• Fu Bo had Shen Ting's hands and feet broken and ordered him displayed outside the Pill Tower for an hour.
• Guo Fang found that Xia Wuji could help him imprint his aura on the Radiant Sun Sacred Fire, and decided to keep working with him despite Xia Wuji's concern that Qin An would worry.