Chapter Summaries

Wu Tianji realized the other Sunset Alliance families planned to destroy the weakened Wu Family, and he tried to buy time for his people to escape. The Chen, Luo, Wang, and He families agreed to divide the Wu and Hou families’ holdings and moved to intercept Wu Tianji, while Hou Bo disappeared into the courtyards.

• Wu Tianji confronted Chen Daying, Luo Tianfei, Wang Fuzu, and He Qianli, but He Qianli chose to calm him rather than provoke a fight.
• Wu Tianji left the assembly hall, and Hou Bo followed him out as the four other leaders stayed behind to discuss their plans.
• Luo Tianfei demanded half of the Wu Family and proposed sending its surviving members to the Shockwave Sea Alliance, while the others negotiated shares of the Wu and Hou families.
• He Qianli ordered his subordinates to attack the Wu Family, and the four leaders headed for the docks to intercept Wu Tianji and Hou Bo.
• Wu Tianji ordered the Wu Family to flee and hide, then sped toward the docks, while Hou Bo concealed his aura and vanished among the courtyards.

Wu Tianji attacked the Sunset Alliance families’ ships to keep them from returning home, but Luo Tianfei, Chen Daying, Wang Fuzu, and He Qianli joined forces to kill him and destroy the Wu Family. Hou Bo escaped with the Hou Family and sailed toward Mount Island to seek refuge with the Shockwave Sea Alliance.

• Wu Tianji sank the Luo Family’s ship and attacked ships belonging to the Wang Family, Chen Family, and He Family.
• Luo Tianfei, Chen Daying, and He Qianli surrounded and attacked Wu Tianji, while the four families’ forces attacked the Wu Family members at the docks.
• Hou Bo and the Hou Family were reported to have fled, and Wang Fuzu joined the fight against Wu Tianji.
• Wu Tianji self-destructed, but the four patriarchs blocked and destroyed his soul; their forces killed the remaining Wu Family members and divided the spoils.
• Hou Bo led the fleeing Hou Family toward Mount Island to ask the Shockwave Sea Alliance for refuge.

Jiang Liu discovered that his avatars grew stronger by devouring divine souls, then returned to Mount Island to resume forging. After the island’s officials confirmed that he had defeated Wu Wuji, Han Qi warned them to conceal Jiang Liu’s existence before they discussed the spoils of war.

• Jiang Liu gave divine souls to the Blade Avatar and Flute Avatar, and sensed that both avatars’ Soul Force had increased.
• Jiang Liu decided to let his avatars consume divine souls but worried that doing so openly outside the remote waters could make the God Realm label him a member of the Devil Race.
• Jiang Liu recalled his avatars, returned to Mount Island, and resumed forging in the cave.
• Mount Island’s officials asked Han Qi whether Jiang Liu was the true mastermind of the Shockwave Sea Alliance, and Han Qi confirmed it.
• Han Qi told the officials not to reveal or investigate Jiang Liu’s identity, and they began discussing how to divide the spoils of war.

Jiang Liu forged another divine artifact while Hou Bo led the Hou Family to Mount Island, seeking to pledge allegiance to him. Han Qi agreed to take Hou Bo to meet Jiang Liu, though he could not promise that Jiang Liu would accept the family.

• Jiang Liu finished forging a great saber and began recovering before continuing with the remaining materials.
• Han Qi learned that a fleet had stopped outside Mount Island’s warning line and gathered the island’s people to meet its visitors.
• Han Qi and the others encountered Hou Bo and the Hou Family, whose formidable strength made Han Qi wary.
• Hou Bo told Han Qi that the Hou Family had come to pledge allegiance to Jiang Liu and explained the Wu Family’s situation.
• Han Qi agreed to lead Hou Bo into Mount Island to meet Jiang Liu, while warning that he could not guarantee the request would be granted.

After perfecting his artifact-refining skills, Jiang Liu accepted Hou Bo’s pledge of allegiance and arranged a temporary settlement for the Hou Family. Tang Chengyuan then contacted him with a request from his chairman.

• Jiang Liu completed a more powerful Dongxiao Flute, realized his artifact-refining proficiency had reached perfection, and stored the flute and Array Furnace.
• Han Qi arrived with Hou Bo, who asked Jiang Liu to take in the Hou Family and explained how the other four Sunset Alliance families had destroyed the Wu Family.
• Jiang Liu confirmed the Sunset Alliance’s remaining strength and asked Han Qi to find a place for the Hou Family to settle.
• Han Qi proposed an uninhabited outpost island, and Jiang Liu sent him and Hou Bo there to establish the Hou Family temporarily.
• Tang Chengyuan contacted Jiang Liu through the Transmission Stone and said his chairman wished to speak with him.

Jiang Liu learned that the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild’s president, Tong Chuchu, had traveled to Tianyun Island to meet him. While waiting, Tong Chuchu and Tang Chengyuan concluded that Jiang Liu was likely behind the Shockwave Sea Alliance’s rise and the recent destruction of several powerful forces.

• Jiang Liu was surprised that Tong Chuchu had come from Eternal Joy City to meet him, then flew toward Tianyun Island after setting a teleportation point at Mount Island.
• Tang Chengyuan told Tong Chuchu that the Shockwave Sea Alliance had absorbed the Tranquil Sea Alliance and taken control of Tianyun Island’s surrounding region.
• Tang Chengyuan explained that Song Wei and several other Second-Order Divine Realm experts had been killed, despite the Shockwave Sea Alliance’s publicly named leaders being only First-Order Divine Realm experts.
• Tang Chengyuan linked Jiang Liu to the alliance’s victories and to the destruction of the Wu Family after Wu Wuji’s raid on Mount Island failed.
• Tong Chuchu sent Xiao Yue to watch for Jiang Liu’s arrival from Mount Island while Tang Chengyuan reported on the guild’s affairs.

Jiang Liu arrived at the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild and met its president, Tong Chuchu, who recognized his strength and sought to confirm his connection to Mount Island and the Shockwave Sea Alliance. Their conversation ended with Jiang Liu realizing how extensive the guild’s intelligence network was.

• Jiang Liu flew to the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild on Tianyun Island, while Xiao Yue failed to notice his arrival.
• Tong Chuchu sensed Jiang Liu’s powerful aura and briefly feared that the Nether River Commerce Guild had found her, but she relaxed when Tang Chengyuan welcomed him as his lord.
• Tang Chengyuan introduced Tong Chuchu to Jiang Liu, and she greeted him before inviting him into her secret chamber.
• Tong Chuchu asked Jiang Liu whether he had come from Mount Island, prompting him to wonder how the guild had learned of his recent movements.
• Jiang Liu considered the guild’s intelligence capabilities and noted that the Shockwave Sea Alliance lacked informants beyond its own waters.

Jiang Liu met Tong Chuchu, who confirmed he led the Shockwave Sea Alliance and asked him to help the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild survive its crisis. Although she offered him anything the guild possessed, he weighed the risks of opposing the Nether River Commerce and refused her request.

• Jiang Liu admitted he had come from Mount Island and concealed his Human Realm origins by presenting himself as an expert from a powerful faction.
• Tong Chuchu confirmed Jiang Liu was behind the Shockwave Sea Alliance and praised him for defeating Song Wei of the Tranquil Sea Alliance.
• Tong Chuchu asked Jiang Liu to help the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild escape its predicament, offering him anything the guild possessed.
• Jiang Liu considered the guild's struggle with the Nether River Commerce and his own plans to develop power quietly.
• Jiang Liu told Tong Chuchu he could not agree to her request.

Tong Chuchu explained the Nether River Commerce Guild’s origins, actions against the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild, and formidable hidden strength to Jiang Liu. He considered the danger of helping her and was left weighing whether to accept her request.

• Jiang Liu declined to agree immediately, asking Tong Chuchu to explain the conflict, the enemy’s strength, and what success would mean.
• Tong Chuchu acknowledged that she had been too impatient and gave Jiang Liu a detailed account of the feud and the Nether River Commerce Guild’s power.
• Jiang Liu sensed a First-Order Divine Realm expert and Tang Chengyuan arrive on the pavilion’s third floor, but neither entered the secret chamber.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Nether River Commerce Guild had powerful Second-Order Divine Realm experts, hidden Shadow Guards and Control Guards, and a mysterious Shang family that controlled the guild.
• Tong Chuchu grew anxious as Jiang Liu fell silent and considered the risks of helping the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild.

Tong Chuchu explained how the Nether River Commerce Guild had nearly destroyed the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild, leaving it with only a small force and a precarious foothold on the Neutral Continent. Jiang Liu saw a way to help by creating a new enemy to distract the Nether River Commerce Guild, and he agreed to Tong Chuchu’s request, though he added a condition.

• Tong Chuchu described her reasons for continuing to fight the Nether River Commerce Guild, including her family’s deaths and the danger of abandoning the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild.
• Tong Chuchu explained that most of the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild’s surviving forces were on the Neutral Continent and that its strength had dwindled to nine Second-Order Divine Realm experts and thirty-three First-Order Divine Realm experts besides her.
• Jiang Liu considered the guild’s precarious position and concluded that he could slow its collapse by creating an enemy to occupy the Nether River Commerce Guild.
• Tong Chuchu confirmed the guild’s depleted strength and described how it had been driven to huddle on the Neutral Continent.
• Jiang Liu told Tong Chuchu he could agree to her request, then began to introduce a condition.

Tong Chuchu asked Jiang Liu to help protect the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild from the Nether River Commerce, secretly hoping he would later rescue her hidden younger brother if the guild fell. Jiang Liu agreed in exchange for monthly yuan stones, access to manuals and secret texts, and priority to buy Natural Treasures, while planning to use the guild to disrupt the God Realm’s balance.

• Tong Chuchu remembered that her father had hidden her younger brother to protect him from the Nether River Commerce and hoped Jiang Liu could take him to safety if the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild was destroyed.
• Jiang Liu agreed to help the guild hold back the Nether River Commerce and asked what Tong Chuchu could offer him.
• Tong Chuchu offered Jiang Liu thirty percent of the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild’s profits.
• Jiang Liu rejected the profit share and requested ten thousand yuan stones each month, cultivation manuals and secret texts, and priority to purchase any Natural Treasures he needed.
• Tong Chuchu accepted Jiang Liu’s conditions and told him to search the guild headquarters for the texts or let her find them for him.

Jiang Liu and Tong Chuchu settled a gentleman’s agreement, and Jiang Liu proposed striking the Shang family’s Control Guard to sow discord within the Nether River Commerce. Tong Chuchu agreed to provide intelligence, and Jiang Liu left for Tranquil Sea Island before they planned to depart for the Neutral Continent in three days.

• Jiang Liu and Tong Chuchu sealed their agreement with a palm strike instead of signing an oath covenant.
• Jiang Liu questioned whether the eight great lineages of the Nether River Commerce would continue obeying the Shang family.
• Jiang Liu proposed secretly weakening the Shang family’s Control Guard to encourage dissent among the eight lineages and distract the Nether River Commerce.
• Tong Chuchu agreed to give Jiang Liu the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild’s intelligence on the Control Guard when they returned to the Neutral Continent.
• Jiang Liu said they would set out for the Neutral Continent in three days, then flew from the guild tower toward Tranquil Sea Island.
• Two voices called out to Tong Chuchu from the entrance of the secret chamber.

Jiang Liu empowered Yu Chenghai, Ge Qingsong, and Feng Dashan to manage the Shockwave Sea Alliance while he handled matters with the Sunset Alliance and prepared to travel to the Neutral Continent. After leaving them a way to contact him, he departed aboard a Spatial Saint Artifact Starship for Sunset Island.

• Yu Chenghai, Ge Qingsong, and Feng Dashan discussed relocating the Hou Family because their island was too close to the Sunset Alliance.
• Jiang Liu arrived and told the three leaders to make decisions that benefited the Shockwave Sea Alliance without waiting for his approval.
• Jiang Liu said he would visit the Sunset Alliance before going to the Neutral Continent and instructed the alliance to expand its cooperation with the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild.
• Jiang Liu gave Yu Chenghai his Transmission Stone and left a traversal point on Tranquil Sea Island.
• Jiang Liu boarded a Spatial Saint Artifact Starship and headed toward Sunset Island, leaving Yu Chenghai and the others reassured that he could return quickly.

Jiang Liu secretly entered Sunset Island and warned the Sunset Alliance not to threaten the Shockwave Sea Alliance. He Qianli and the other leaders accepted the warning, then planned a sea beast extermination operation.

• Jiang Liu flew unseen into Sunset Island and carved the words "Shockwave Sea Alliance" into the ground before the council hall.
• He Qianli attacked Jiang Liu, but Jiang Liu evaded him and left before He Qianli could stop him.
• He Qianli concluded that Jiang Liu was likely the hidden force behind the Shockwave Sea Alliance and used a Transmission Stone to summon Chen Daying, Luo Tianfei, and Wang Fuzu.
• He Qianli told the three leaders that Jiang Liu could have severely injured him, and they agreed not to cause trouble for the Shockwave Sea Alliance.
• He Qianli, Chen Daying, Luo Tianfei, and Wang Fuzu assigned tasks for their next sea beast extermination operation.

Jiang Liu tested his avatars’ combat strength while Tong Chuchu arranged the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild’s cooperation with the Shockwave Sea Alliance and prepared intelligence for his campaign against the Nether River Commerce Guild. Tong Chuchu then told Jiang Liu that everything was ready for their departure to the Neutral Continent.

• Jiang Liu traveled to a secluded islet near Tianyun Island and tested his two avatars, finding that the Blade Avatar was stronger with the Godslayer Blade.
• Tong Chuchu told Tang Chengyuan that Jiang Liu had agreed to cooperate and sent him to Tranquil Sea Island to find Yu Chenghai.
• Tong Chuchu told Xiao Yue that Jiang Liu’s strength and potential exceeded the White Feather Sword God’s, and ordered her to gather intelligence on the Nether River Commerce Guild’s Shadow Guards and Control Guards.
• Tong Chuchu instructed Xiao Yue to give Jiang Liu the Control Guards’ information first and withhold the Shadow Guards’ information until after he acted.
• Tong Chuchu contacted Jiang Liu through a Transmission Stone and said they were ready to leave for the Neutral Continent.

Jiang Liu used his Spatial Saint Artifact Starship to help Tong Chuchu and the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild return to the Neutral Continent quickly. During the journey, Tong Chuchu asked to buy his Spirit Cloud Stones, revealing that the Three Great Cities controlled the mines and that the stones were scarce and valuable.

• Jiang Liu recalled his clones, went to Tianyun Island's docks, and learned that Tong Chuchu planned to return to the Neutral Continent aboard an ordinary sea vessel.
• Jiang Liu summoned his Spatial Saint Artifact Starship, and Tang Chengyuan's people moved the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild's cargo aboard it.
• Jiang Liu started the starship with a Crystal Cloud Stone and set off for the Neutral Continent with Tong Chuchu and Xiao Yue.
• Tong Chuchu explained that the Three Great Cities monopolized Spirit Cloud Stone mines and offered Jiang Liu one hundred thousand origin stones for one hundred stones.
• Jiang Liu realized how valuable his remaining Spirit Cloud Stones were and considered Tong Chuchu's offer.

Jiang Liu traded a hundred Spirit Cloud Stones for the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild’s ore stones, astonishing Tong Chuchu and Xiao Yue with his vast storage space. As the spaceship traveled toward the Neutral Continent, Tong Chuchu guessed that Jiang Liu came from a reclusive force in the Endless Sea Domain, while Jiang Liu listened unseen and continued cultivating.

• Jiang Liu paid Tong Chuchu a hundred Spirit Cloud Stones, and Xiao Yue brought him ten chests of ore stones.
• Jiang Liu stored all ten chests in his System Space, prompting Tong Chuchu and Xiao Yue to question his origins.
• Tong Chuchu and Xiao Yue privately speculated that Jiang Liu was neither from the Shang Clan nor the Three Great Cities, but belonged to a reclusive force in the Endless Sea Domain.
• Jiang Liu overheard their conversation through his control of the Saint Artifact Spaceship and accepted their mistaken theory as a useful cover.
• Jiang Liu continued circulating the Saintly Sky Art as the spaceship traveled automatically toward the Neutral Continent.

Jiang Liu and the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild's ship reached the Neutral Continent after a dangerous voyage. He chose to head directly to Eternal Joy City, intending to keep his identity and plans separate from Tong Chuchu and the guild.

• Jiang Liu saw a mirage over the sea, roasted Exotic Beast Meat for Tong Chuchu and Xiao Yue, and avoided investigating the dangerous area beneath it.
• Jiang Liu sensed powerful sea beasts near the mirage and learned more about the Long Wave Sword God's efforts to resist their advance.
• Two days later, Xiao Yue spotted the Neutral Continent, and Tong Chuchu asked Jiang Liu whether they should stop at Tranquil Border City.
• Jiang Liu chose to go directly to Eternal Joy City so he could remain in the shadows and avoid linking himself publicly to the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild.

Jiang Liu and Tong Chuchu flew past Tranquil Border City toward Eternal Joy City, while Jing Zhi'an mistook their passage for a possible warning from the Crimson Reef Sea. Jiang Liu later parted from Tong Chuchu outside Eternal Joy City and went to recover in the nearby mountains before entering alone.

• Tong Chuchu changed the spaceship's course toward Eternal Joy City, and it passed over Tranquil Border City without stopping.
• Jing Zhi'an noticed the Saint Artifact Spaceship and, suspecting Redflame might be stirring trouble, sent people to investigate the Crimson Reef Sea and reported the sighting to Eternal Joy City.
• Jiang Liu slowed the spaceship after entering Eternal Joy City's sphere of influence and stopped in a valley outside the city.
• Jiang Liu returned Tong Chuchu's belongings, stored the spaceship, and told her he would meet her at the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild headquarters after entering the city.
• Jiang Liu left Tong Chuchu and Xiao Yue in the valley and flew to the nearby mountains to meditate and recover before entering Eternal Joy City alone.

Jiang Liu arrived at Eternal Joy City and saw how the Long Wave Sword God had built a vast, orderly city where Rogue Cultivators gathered to fight sea beasts. The chapter left him witnessing the Enforcement Squad carry injured returning hunters into the city.

• Jiang Liu flew to Eternal Joy City and was astonished by its immense population of powerful martial artists and its lack of walls.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Long Wave Sword God had expanded the city repeatedly and stopped building walls, while new arrivals continued building outward.
• Jiang Liu entered the city quietly and observed the disciplined crowds, including hunters returning from the sea with slain sea beasts.
• Several injured martial artists rushed through the crowd seeking a physician, and an armored member of the Enforcement Squad carried them into the city.
• Bystanders praised the Enforcement Squad and the Long Wave Sword God for helping Rogue Cultivators.