Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu devoured Shang Sheng’s divine soul, greatly increasing his Soul Force and expanding his Divine Sea. He began searching Shang Sheng’s memories for the location of the Shang Family’s headquarters.

• Jiang Liu found Qi Feng’s memories fragmented and discovered that the Control Guards knew nothing about the Shang Family’s headquarters.
• Jiang Liu learned the Seven Stars Combination Formation and planned to have Qin Bailian and the others cultivate it.
• Jiang Liu gave the remaining Second-Order Divine Realm souls, apart from Shang Sheng’s, to his two clones to refine.
• Shang Sheng’s divine soul resisted inside Jiang Liu’s Divine Sea, but Jiang Liu’s Spiritual Avatar seized and drained it.
• Jiang Liu gained more Soul Force from Shang Sheng than from the other souls combined, then began sorting through his memories for the Shang Family’s headquarters.

After extracting Shang Sheng’s memories, Jiang Liu learned the Shang family’s headquarters was hidden in a mountain village and that Shang Yan had gone to the Nether Realm to seek a breakthrough secret for the family’s Old Ancestor. He watched both avatars strengthen their souls, then set out for the Shang headquarters.

• Jiang Liu finished sorting through Shang Sheng’s memories and discovered the Shang family’s headquarters was in a small mountain village that also served as the Control Guard’s base.
• Jiang Liu learned Shang Yan had gone to the Nether Realm on the Old Ancestor’s orders to obtain the secret of reaching the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Jiang Liu reviewed Shang Sheng’s cultivation techniques and considered using them to strengthen the Shockwave Sea Alliance.
• The Flute Avatar’s soul aura surged and subsided after a major improvement, bringing it closer to breaking through through further soul devouring.
• The Blade Avatar finished refining a soul and reached a soul strength roughly equal to the Flute Avatar’s.
• Jiang Liu returned the Blade Avatar to the Divine Sea and flew toward the Shang family’s headquarters.

Jiang Liu reached the Shang Family headquarters, defeated its remaining Divine Realm guards, and broke through the concealed chambers beneath the Discipline Hall. The Shang Family Patriarch, Shang Jing, emerged from his secluded cultivation, and Jiang Liu said he had come to borrow a few things.

• Jiang Liu arrived at the Shang Family village and killed the three Divine Realm Control Guard members who tried to stop him.
• Jiang Liu descended to the Discipline Hall and destroyed the building, exposing hidden chambers beneath it.
• Jiang Liu used the Array-Breaking Formation and Divine Strike to break the concealing barrier beneath the Discipline Hall.
• The Shang Family Patriarch, Shang Jing, appeared from the hidden chamber and demanded to know who had disturbed his secluded cultivation.
• Jiang Liu told Shang Jing he had come to borrow a few things, and Shang Jing asked what he wanted.

Jiang Liu forced Shang Jing to lead him to the Shang Family's hidden treasure vault and let him inspect its contents. Shang Jing yielded while secretly hoping to survive long enough to reach the Third-Tier Divine Realm and reclaim what he had lost.

• Jiang Liu asked Shang Jing to open the Shang Family's treasure vault and threatened him with the Godslayer Blade when he hesitated.
• Shang Jing agreed to lead Jiang Liu through the secret chamber and descended without activating its mechanisms.
• Jiang Liu followed Shang Jing down a long staircase into a hidden underground area divided into four rooms.
• Shang Jing opened the large room, where spiritual energy drifted from the treasure vault, then withdrew to a small room.
• Shang Jing absorbed energy from two White Radiance Stones and hoped to keep Jiang Liu calm until Shang Yan returned with items that could help him break through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm.

Jiang Liu emptied the Shang family's treasure vault, then attacked Shang Jing to test whether the patriarch possessed a way to reach the Third-Tier Divine Realm. Shang Jing trapped him in the collapsing underground chamber, but Jiang Liu blasted his way out and appeared before him wounded.

• Jiang Liu transferred everything in the Shang family's treasure vault into the System Space.
• Jiang Liu decided to kill Shang Jing and keep the Shang family from rebuilding the Nether River Commerce.
• Jiang Liu attacked Shang Jing's room and demanded to see the rumored secret for breaking through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Jiang Liu shattered the defensive formation with the Godslayer Blade, but Shang Jing fled toward the staircase and activated a mechanism that trapped him underground.
• Jiang Liu charged through the closing exit as the underground chamber collapsed, then blasted his way out and appeared before Shang Jing covered in wounds.

Jiang Liu escaped the Shang Family’s underground treasure vault after its divine artifacts wounded him and forced his avatars back into his Divine Sea. He then fought Shang Jing, who drew strength from a formation spanning the village, and their clashing auras left the sky rippling as the battle continued.

• Jiang Liu charged for the closing exit but was attacked by the Shang Family’s divine artifacts, which were stationed along the staircase.
• Jiang Liu summoned Flute Avatar to freeze the artifacts while Blade Avatar split the door, but the artifacts recovered and struck him, sending both avatars back into his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu emerged from the underground space and attacked Shang Jing with the Godslayer Blade, forcing Shang Jing to draw his divine-artifact great saber and fight back.
• Jiang Liu and Shang Jing exchanged a powerful blow that sent them flying apart, and Jiang Liu realized Shang Jing was far stronger than he had appeared.
• Shang Jing activated a formation across the village that channeled Heaven and Earth Essence into him, while Jiang Liu used Phantom Stomp and met Shang Jing’s rising aura with his own.

Jiang Liu tried to stop Shang Jing from gathering enough essence energy to unleash a potentially fatal strike, using Phantom Stomp and the Phantom Soul Flute. Shang Jing’s resolve began to waver under the flute’s illusion, and the Control Guards realized their Old Ancestor might be losing his mind.

• Jiang Liu struck Shang Jing with Phantom Stomp again, but their auras collided and sent Jiang Liu flying backward as cracks appeared in the surrounding void.
• Jiang Liu steadied himself, advanced with Phantom Stomp, and played God Fills the World on the Phantom Soul Flute to erode Shang Jing’s mind.
• Shang Jing reflected on the Shang Family’s true reason for splitting from the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild and began to let go of his fixation on extending his life and reaching the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Shang Jing’s essence energy gathering slowed as he fell deeper into the flute’s illusion, while Jiang Liu continued playing in hopes of defeating him and uncovering his secrets.
• A Fourth-Tier Saint Realm Control Guard asked Cheng Dong whether Old Ancestor had fallen into an illusion and lost control of his mind.

Jiang Liu killed Shang Jing after Cheng Li disrupted the illusion with a conch, then captured Shang Jing’s divine soul before it could possess another body. He turned his attention to the Control Guards in the village, deciding to kill them for interrupting his plan.

• Cheng Li blew a conch that disrupted Jiang Liu’s illusion and began to wake Shang Jing.
• Jiang Liu struck Shang Jing while the illusion faltered, then overpowered him in their next clash.
• Jiang Liu chopped off Shang Jing’s head and sealed away his divine soul before it could possess someone.
• Jiang Liu blamed the Control Guards for interrupting his plan and raised the Godslayer Blade toward them.

After the Control Guards were defeated, forces across Supreme City and the Supreme Continent plundered the weakened Nether River Commerce. The Hong Family seized the chance to push the Shang Family back on the Neutral Continent, while the Ri Yue Continent branch split apart.

• Hou Fang learned that several prominent families had begun plundering and sent the Hou Family to target smaller forces already attacking the Nether River Commerce.
• Supreme City descended into chaos, and news of the plundering prompted forces throughout the Supreme Continent to raid Nether River Commerce shops.
• The Nether River Commerce shops across the Supreme Continent were looted, after which the plundering forces began attacking one another.
• The Control Guards and Shadow Guards on other continents openly turned against each other as several families rebelled and the Hong Family, Zhuo Family, and Cai Family took ambiguous positions.
• The Hong Family moved to monopolize the Nether River Commerce on the Neutral Continent and forced the Shang Family's people to retreat.
• The Nether River Commerce branch on Ri Yue Continent split into three parts.

Tong Chuchu learned that the Chen, Huang, and Qi Families had rebelled against the Shang Family and that the Nether River Commerce was collapsing across the continents. She decided to exploit Eternal Joy City’s campaign against the sea beasts to strike at the Shang Family’s forces on the Neutral Continent.

• The Huang, Chen, and Shang Families’ forces fought on the Riyue Continent, while the Zhuo, Cai, and Po Families moved to take over the Nether River Commerce elsewhere.
• Tong Chuchu connected the Chen Family’s unusual movements and Jiang Liu’s actions to the rebellion against the Shang Family.
• After learning that the Qi and Huang Families had also joined the rebellion, Tong Chuchu decided to destroy the Nether River Commerce on the Neutral Continent through secret attacks.
• Tong Chuchu planned with Xiao Yue to use Eternal Joy City’s sea beast operation as cover to target the Shang Family’s forces.

Jiang Liu looted the Shang Family headquarters, confirmed that Supreme City had fallen into chaos, and used Traversal to reach the Shockwave Sea Alliance. As the alliance leaders debated how to respond to the Crimson Flare Anomaly’s sea beasts, Jiang Liu arrived.

• Jiang Liu recovered the divine artifacts and formation materials from the Shang Family headquarters, then buried the village beneath a collapsing mountainside.
• Jiang Liu checked Supreme City, saw that it had descended into chaos, and used Traversal to reach the sea near Tranquil Sea Island.
• Ge Qingsong urged Yu Chenghai to unite the Shockwave Sea Alliance against the rampaging sea beasts, while Yu Chenghai worried that gathering their forces could attract stronger beasts.
• A powerful aura pressed down on the council hall, and Yu Chenghai announced that their lord had arrived.

Jiang Liu revealed himself to the Shockwave Sea Alliance and learned how badly the sea beasts had damaged its islands. He ordered the alliance to prepare to fight, promised to join them, and offered a divine-grade cultivation manual to whoever performed best, leaving the forces gathering for battle.

• Jiang Liu appeared before the Shockwave Sea Alliance, and Yu Chenghai and the other leaders greeted him as their lord.
• Yu Chenghai told Jiang Liu that sea beasts displaced by the Crimson Flare Anomaly had attacked the alliance's waters and destroyed several small islands.
• Jiang Liu ordered the alliance to gather its forces and kill any sea beasts that came to cause trouble, promising to join the fight.
• Jiang Liu offered a complete divine-grade cultivation manual as a reward for the best performance, greatly exciting the alliance's leaders.
• Yu Chenghai urged the leaders to give their best, and they returned to their islands to gather troops and prepare to exterminate the sea beasts.

Jiang Liu learned from Tang Chengyuan that Crimson Flare had allied with sea beasts to attack the Neutral Continent, then returned to Tranquil Sea Island to prepare for the Shockwave Sea Alliance’s campaign against the beasts. The alliance gathered its fleet near the island, ready to defend Mingyun Island and its valuable Mingyun Fruit.

• Jiang Liu flew to Tianyun Island and asked Tang Chengyuan about the Crimson Flare Anomaly.
• Tang Chengyuan explained that Crimson Flare was leading sea beasts from three other sea regions toward the Neutral Continent to attack the Eternal Joy City faction.
• Jiang Liu decided to strike the sea beasts near the Shockwave Sea Alliance and then returned to Tranquil Sea Island.
• The next day, the Shockwave Sea Alliance gathered its vessels to set out for Mingyun Island, which belonged to the Yun family and produced Mingyun Fruit.

Jiang Liu led the Shockwave Sea Alliance’s fleet toward Mingyun Island to fight the sea beasts, while Yu Chenghai split off to reinforce the island. After the alliance fought the beasts at sea, a Second-Order Divine Realm Unicorn Divine Ox appeared and resisted Jiang Liu’s attack.

• Yu Chenghai led the fleet out from Tranquil Sea Island, then split the forces, leaving Ge Qingsong and Feng Dashan to fight the approaching sea beasts while he headed toward Mingyun Island with Qin Feng, You He, and Xu Jiao.
• The Shockwave Sea Alliance fought the sea beasts as Jiang Liu watched, and First-Order Divine Realm beasts surfaced and were overwhelmed by the alliance’s Divine Realm members.
• A Second-Order Divine Realm Unicorn Divine Ox emerged, struck fighters with cold light from its eyes, and used its bellow to confuse the Saint Realm martial artists.
• Jiang Liu warned the Saint Realm fighters to retreat and attacked the Unicorn Divine Ox with the Godslayer Blade, but the ox remained unharmed.

Jiang Liu fought the Unicorn Divine Ox, whose immense strength and Icy Primal Qi threatened to overwhelm him. After wounding its horn with a full-force strike, he retreated from its renewed charge and switched to the Phantom Soul Flute.

• The Unicorn Divine Ox charged Jiang Liu, knocking him through the air and stiffening him with its Icy Primal Qi.
• The Unicorn Divine Ox's arrival renewed the fighting among the sea beasts and martial artists, who moved away from Jiang Liu and the ox.
• Jiang Liu evaded the ox's next charge with Nebula Shrunken Earth, then used Phantom Stomp and Divine Strike to slash its horn.
• The ox's charge sent Jiang Liu flying and left his primal qi sluggish, while the clash also injured him.
• The Unicorn Divine Ox charged again, compressing the space around Jiang Liu, who retreated and replaced his Godslayer Blade with the Phantom Soul Flute.

Jiang Liu used the Phantom Sound Flute to trap the Unicorn Divine Ox in a terrifying illusion until its strength and mental energy were depleted. He pursued the weakened beast underwater and began beating it into submission so he could subdue it.

• Jiang Liu played God Fills the World while dodging the Unicorn Divine Ox’s attacks, driving it into a frenzy through its own painful memories.
• The Unicorn Divine Ox exhausted itself and sank beneath the ice into the seawater, and Jiang Liu stopped playing the Phantom Sound Flute.
• Jiang Liu pursued the Unicorn Divine Ox underwater and attacked it with the Godslayer Blade, finding it much slower and weaker than before.
• Jiang Liu used Nebula Shrunken Earth to catch the retreating Unicorn Divine Ox and began striking its horn repeatedly.

Jiang Liu subdued the gravely wounded Unicorn Divine Ox and helped it recover, while sensing that it feared the deep sea below. After returning to the surface, he found the battle won but costly and ordered the Shockwave Sea Alliance to hurry to Mingyun Island to support Yu Chenghai and the others.

• Jiang Liu battered the Unicorn Divine Ox until it collapsed, but his first attempt to subdue it failed.
• Jiang Liu replenished his energy, caught up with the sinking Unicorn Divine Ox, and successfully planted a spiritual imprint in it.
• Jiang Liu poured essence into the near-dead Unicorn Divine Ox until it awakened and began healing, then noticed its fear of the deep sea.
• Jiang Liu surfaced and found Ge Qingsong, Feng Dashan, and the Shockwave Sea Alliance cleaning up after defeating the sea beasts, with casualties among their own fighters.
• Jiang Liu ordered the alliance to finish cleanup and sail to Mingyun Island to support Yu Chenghai and the others.

Jiang Liu waited for the Unicorn Divine Ox to recover, then learned how Chihuang had used Soul Shackles to enslave and traumatize it. After taking the Unicorn Divine Ox toward Mingyun Island, Jiang Liu left its psychological obstacle unresolved and focused on dealing with the sea beasts there.

• Jiang Liu waited two hours for the Unicorn Divine Ox to recover, and it approached him willingly as its master.
• Jiang Liu asked about the illusion, and the Unicorn Divine Ox explained that its unusual birth had left it rejected by its parents and other sea beasts.
• The Unicorn Divine Ox revealed that Chihuang had suppressed it and begun using Soul Shackles to enslave it, but stopped and went to the deep sea, giving it a chance to escape.
• Jiang Liu realized that Chihuang had caused the Unicorn Divine Ox's trauma, but could not find a way to resolve its psychological obstacle.
• Jiang Liu mounted the recovered Unicorn Divine Ox and ordered it to fly toward Mingyun Island to deal with the sea beasts there.

Jiang Liu arrived at the battle near Mingyun Island on the Unicorn Divine Ox and helped the Shockwave Sea Alliance defeat the attacking sea beasts. After the fighting, he inspected the devastated island and prepared to remain nearby to guard against another attack.

• Jiang Liu caught up with Ge Qingsong and the others riding the subdued Unicorn Divine Ox, then went ahead toward the battle.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Unicorn Divine Ox to attack the Divine Realm sea beasts and allowed it to devour the ones it killed.
• The Unicorn Divine Ox rescued Qin Feng, while Jiang Liu used the Godslayer Blade to cut down sea beasts across the battlefield.
• The Shockwave Sea Alliance pursued the retreating sea beasts, and the attackers were defeated or driven off.
• Yu Chenghai thanked Jiang Liu for rescuing him, and Jiang Liu praised his performance and told him to clean up before a meeting.
• Jiang Liu flew to inspect the devastation on Mingyun Island, and Ge Qingsong and Feng Dashan's fleet arrived more than an hour later.

After the sea-beast attack, Jiang Liu gathered the surviving Shockwave Sea Alliance island masters, rewarded eight of them with secret manuals, and assessed the alliance’s heavy losses. He ordered the month’s collected resources used for compensation and warned of further attacks, then prepared to match secret manuals to the eight recipients.

• Jiang Liu entered Mingyun Island’s meeting hall and announced secret-manual rewards for Yu Chenghai, Feng Dashan, Ge Qingsong, Qin Feng, Yun Tianlan, and three others.
• Yu Chenghai reported that nearly twenty island masters and many martial artists had died, with Mingyun Island suffering the worst casualties.
• Jiang Liu ordered the alliance’s monthly resources to compensate those killed or injured in the sea-beast attack.
• Jiang Liu warned that more sea beasts would pass through the area and told the island masters to stay alert, assuring them that he and his tamed beasts would act together.
• Jiang Liu dismissed the other island masters, kept the eight reward recipients behind, and brought out secret manuals from the Shang Family headquarters to choose suitable ones for them.