Chapter Summaries

The Green Jade Boat’s damaged array patterns forced the group to land on a deserted island in the Tianlan Sea for repairs. Su Yu began recovering from his injuries in a stone cave while the others guarded the island and repaired the boat.

• The Green Jade Boat’s array patterns flickered and cracked after the sea’s waves exposed damage from the Sky Demon Sect Master’s attack.
• Elder Zhou ordered the boat to land on a deserted island so Situ Hai could repair it, and the group set up a warning formation and took guard positions.
• Elder Zhou told Su Yu to recover instead of guarding, and Su Yu went to a stone cave to regulate his breathing.
• Su Yu circulated the Azure Profound Divine Art and used the Indestructible Sutra’s vitality to heal his meridians as his breathing steadied.

Su Yu advanced the Azure Profound Divine Art to its eleventh layer while the group stayed on a deserted island for repairs, bringing him close to a Sea Breaking Realm breakthrough. As a mid-stage level-four sea beast emerged from the sea, Elder Zhou sent Yan Qingxuan to face it.

• Situ Hai estimated that repairing the Green Jade Boat would take five days, and Elder Zhou ordered the repairs to proceed while the group guarded the island.
• Su Yu circulated the Azure Profound Divine Art until he broke through to the eleventh layer, greatly condensing his True Essence.
• Su Yu determined that he could reach the Sea Breaking Realm within five days, but put away the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass to stabilize his cultivation first.
• Elder Zhou and the others sensed Su Yu's breakthrough, while Ye Chen, Chu Changge, and Yan Qingxuan recognized how much stronger he had become.
• A mid-stage level-four sea beast approached the island, and Elder Zhou sent Yan Qingxuan to confront it.

Yan Qingxuan defeated a mid-stage level four Ink-Blue Sea Beast after identifying the brief weakness in its movements through the water. Its blood drew a swarm of sea beasts toward the island, and Su Yu left his cave as the danger gathered.

• The Ink-Blue Sea Beast attacked Yan Qingxuan with hidden water blades and a massive wave, forcing her to defend herself at sea.
• Yan Qingxuan spotted the moment when the beast’s qi fluctuated as it changed direction and struck its vulnerable head-and-neck junction with Biluo Crape Myrtle.
• After landing three strikes on the same wound, Yan Qingxuan killed the Ink-Blue Sea Beast, though she suffered injuries and lost some strength.
• Situ Hai warned the others that sea beasts could be much more dangerous in their own territory than their ranks suggested.
• A large swarm of sea beasts approached the island, led by an enormous shadow, and Su Yu left the stone cave rather than continue his interrupted breakthrough.

A massive sea beast horde attacked the deserted island, forcing Elder Zhou and the others to defend the Green Jade Boat and hold the shoreline. Su Yu emerged from seclusion and repelled two mid-tier fourth-level sea beasts, then stood against the advancing horde.

• Dozens of low-tier fourth-level sea beasts and several stronger beasts surged toward the island, while Elder Zhou faced the high-tier fourth-level beast across the sea.
• Ye Chen, Chu Changge, Luoting, and Lin Yue fought to hold the shoreline as Yang Tian, Xia Li, Xia Yun Huang, Luo Yunshang, and Yan Qingxuan defended the Green Jade Boat.
• Two mid-tier fourth-level sea beasts threatened the boat, one attacking with a black water column and the other charging its flank.
• Su Yu emerged from the stone cave and split the water column with his sword, wounding the attacking beast.
• Su Yu struck the second sea beast aside before it could ram the Green Jade Boat, then told the others to leave the defense to him.

Su Yu used his newly achieved eleventh level of the Azure Profound Divine Art to help repel a sea beast horde, even redirecting an attack from a high-tier fourth-level beast. After the battle, he told Elder Zhou he wanted to break through to the Sea Breaking Realm and planned to prepare for three to five days.

• Su Yu defended the Green Jade Boat with precise sword strikes, while Ye Chen, Chu Changge, Luoting, Lin Yue, and Yan Qingxuan noticed the strength and judgment behind his attacks.
• A high-tier fourth-level sea beast fired a deep-blue water pillar at Su Yu, who tore through its core with the Dustless Sword and redirected it away from the Green Jade Boat, though the clash injured him.
• Elder Zhou and Situ Hai restrained the high-tier sea beast, giving Su Yu and the others the chance to disrupt the horde and drive the sea beasts into retreat.
• After Elder Zhou confirmed the horde had withdrawn, Su Yu said he wanted to break through to the Sea Breaking Realm and estimated he needed three to five days to recover and prepare.
• Elder Zhou agreed to personally guard Su Yu's seclusion, and Su Yu headed toward the stone cave.

Su Yu recovered from the beast-horde battle and spent several days perfecting his True Essence before attempting to break through to the Sea Breaking Realm. He swallowed the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass to begin the breakthrough.

• Su Yu rested in the stone cave, replenished his True Essence, and used the Indestructible Sutra to heal subtle meridian injuries.
• Elder Zhou reinforced the island’s warning formations while Ye Chen and the others guarded the area and waited for Su Yu.
• Su Yu stabilized the eleventh layer of the Azure Profound Divine Art and carefully refined his True Essence instead of using the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass to force an early breakthrough.
• On the fourth day, Su Yu filled the last gap in his dantian and brought his True Essence to perfection, then adjusted his body and mind before attempting the breakthrough.
• Su Yu swallowed the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass to stabilize his dantian, protect his meridians, and aid his breakthrough.

Su Yu used the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass to break through the Sea Breaking Realm on Desolate Island. As his breakthrough’s soul baptism began, Elder Zhou and Situ Hai watched to see how his comprehension might advance.

• Su Yu consumed the Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass and struck the barrier to the Sea Breaking Realm with his True Essence.
• Ye Chen, Chu Changge, Luoting, Lin Yue, Yan Qingxuan, and the others sensed Su Yu’s breakthrough and watched Spiritual Qi gather above his cave.
• Su Yu shattered the barrier, transformed his dantian into a sea of True Essence, and achieved the Sea Breaking Realm.
• Luoting, Lin Yue, Chu Changge, Xia Yun Huang, and Yan Qingxuan reacted to Su Yu’s powerful aura, while Ye Chen remained determined to keep cultivating.
• Elder Zhou explained to Situ Hai that the Sea Breaking Realm’s soul baptism could deepen Su Yu’s comprehension and advance his intents.
• Su Yu’s breakthrough aura withdrew and a deeper, harder-to-grasp soul fluctuation emerged inside the stone cave.

During his soul baptism after breaking through to the Sea Breaking Realm, Su Yu deepened his understanding of sword, wind, cloud, and gold intent. His sword intent reached great accomplishment, while his wind, cloud, and gold intents each rose to fifty percent.

• Su Yu used the soul baptism to review his battles and refine his understanding of the sword dao.
• Su Yu broke through the barrier between eighty and ninety percent sword intent, reaching great accomplishment and causing the swords across Desolate Island to tremble.
• Ye Chen, Chu Changge, Luoting, Lin Yue, and Yan Qingxuan sensed Su Yu's breakthrough, and Yan Qingxuan resolved to train harder to catch up.
• Su Yu deepened his understanding of wind and cloud as circulating momentum, raising both intents to fifty percent.
• Su Yu recognized gold intent as concentrated, indestructible power and raised it to fifty percent.

Su Yu completed his breakthrough to the first level of the Sea Breaking Realm, greatly strengthening his swordsmanship and Martial Dao Intents. With the soul baptism over and the desolate island becoming unsafe, Elder Zhou decided the group would leave.

• Su Yu's Thunder Intent reached Lesser Accomplishment, while his Sword Intent rose to ninety percent and his wind, cloud, and Metal Intents each reached fifty percent.
• The Dao Severing Sword trembled briefly in Su Yu's Sea of Consciousness, but Sword Elder did not awaken and the sword soon fell silent again.
• Su Yu emerged from the cave with his strength transformed, and he felt confident he could defeat the Level 4 High-Grade Sea Beast that had attacked them before.
• Ye Chen congratulated Su Yu, while Chu Changge acknowledged his ninety percent Sword Intent and Luoting and Lin Yue asked how strong he had become.
• Elder Zhou judged that Su Yu had the qualifications to reach the Raging Wave-level and decided the group should leave the island; Situ Hai said the Green Jade Boat's array patterns were ready.

After breaking through to the Sea Breaking Realm, Su Yu examined his strengthened Soul Power and new ability to release it outside his body as the Green Jade Boat continued across the Tianlan Sea. When a level-four sea beast attacked, he asked Elder Zhou to let him fight for its Beast Core.

• Su Yu reflected on how his Sea Breaking Realm breakthrough had transformed his True Essence, strengthened his Soul Light Orb, and increased his Soul Power by five or six times.
• Su Yu discovered he could project Soul Power outside his body to see fine details, though its range and duration were limited.
• The Green Jade Boat traveled deeper into the Tianlan Sea, where sea beasts began gathering beneath it.
• A low-rank level-four giant shark attacked the Green Jade Boat from below.
• Su Yu asked Elder Zhou to let him handle the beast because he wanted its Beast Core, and Elder Zhou agreed while warning him not to prolong the fight.

After breaking through to the Sea Breaking Realm, Su Yu displayed his greater strength by killing several sea beasts with single sword strikes as the Green Jade Boat crossed dangerous waters. At dusk, he slew a middle-tier fourth-level Giant Crocodile Sea Beast before it could retreat beneath the sea.

• Su Yu killed a low-grade level-four Giant Shark Sea Beast with one precise sword strike and collected its Beast Core.
• As more low-grade level-four sea beasts attacked the Green Jade Boat, Su Yu killed them one by one and gathered their Beast Cores to help restore the Dao Severing Sword.
• Luoting and Lin Yue commented on Su Yu’s strength, while the Green Jade Boat continued several hundred li across the sea.
• At dusk, Situ Hai sensed a powerful sea beast approaching, and a middle-tier level-four Giant Crocodile Sea Beast attacked the boat.
• Su Yu appeared above the Giant Crocodile Sea Beast and killed it with one sword strike through a weak point in its scales.

Su Yu continued honing his newly gained Sea Breaking Realm strength while the Green Jade Boat crossed the Tianlan Sea, until the passengers encountered the pressure of a Level 5 sea beast and fled. After several more days, they finally sighted land and arrived at the edge of the Central Domain.

• Elder Zhou judged that Su Yu had firmly reached Raging Wave-level, though his strength against Vast Sea-level opponents remained uncertain.
• Su Yu slew waves of Level 4 sea beasts with single sword strikes, testing his power and collecting Beast Cores as the Green Jade Boat crossed the Tianlan Sea.
• Elder Zhou sensed a Level 5 sea beast nearby, and Situ Hai turned the Green Jade Boat away from its enormous shadow.
• After escaping several thousand li, the passengers recovered and continued their journey, with Su Yu cutting down any Level 4 sea beasts that pursued them.
• Several days later, the Green Jade Boat approached land, and Elder Zhou announced that they had arrived.

The Green Jade Boat carried Su Yu, Ye Chen, and the others from the Southern Domain across the Tianlan Sea into the Eastern Domain, where Elder Zhou warned them that its martial standards far exceeded those of their homeland. They arrived at Tianhai City and entered after registering with the city guards.

• The group saw the Eastern Domain’s richer Spiritual Qi and Elder Zhou warned them not to rely on the Southern Domain’s perspective when facing its stronger martial artists.
• Elder Zhou identified a large coastal settlement as Tianhai City and explained how sea-beast hunters and merchants profited from the dangerous Tianlan Sea.
• The Green Jade Boat landed at the city’s mooring area, where Luoting and Lin Yue noticed that even the guards had formidable cultivation.
• The lead guard registered the Green Jade Boat, confirmed the group had crossed from the Southern Domain, and warned them that private fighting was forbidden inside Tianhai City.
• Elder Zhou put away the Green Jade Boat, and the group entered Tianhai City.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan explored Tianhai City and headed to the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce as Su Yu sought resources and a stronger sword. Meanwhile, their companions prepared to cultivate and pursue breakthroughs before entering the Central Domain.

• Elder Zhou arranged an inn courtyard in Tianhai City and urged the group to use the next seven-plus months to improve their cultivation.
• Ye Chen, Chu Changge, Luoting, Lin Yue, Xia Yun Huang, Xia Li, Yang Tian, Luo Yunshang, and the others prepared to enter seclusion with cultivation pills from Elder Zhou.
• Su Yu calculated that his Spirit Stones might not cover the Beast Cores, pills, and sword he needed, so he set out to visit the city's merchant associations.
• Yan Qingxuan joined Su Yu, while Xia Yun Huang saw them leave together and chose to focus on cultivation.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan reached Tianhai City's commercial street and entered the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan visited the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce to seek Level 4 Beast Cores and a sword suitable for a Sea Breaking Realm sword cultivator. Steward Song told them that a major auction in three days would feature a high-grade Beast Core, Enlightenment Tea, and the Cold Abyss longsword, leaving Su Yu interested in the sword and Yan Qingxuan attentive to the tea.

• Su Yu entered the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce with Yan Qingxuan and asked to buy Level 4 Beast Cores and a longsword suitable for a Sea Breaking Realm sword cultivator.
• Steward Song received Su Yu and explained that the chamber had seven low-grade and three mid-grade Level 4 Beast Cores available.
• Steward Song told Su Yu that an intact Level 4 high-grade Sea Beast Beast Core would be auctioned in three days.
• Steward Song described the auction's Cangyuan Pill, Spirit Nurturing Pill, and Enlightenment Tea, which caught Yan Qingxuan's interest.
• Steward Song introduced the Mysterious-tier Upper Grade longsword Cold Abyss and estimated that its final price could exceed two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, drawing Su Yu's attention.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan secured VIP access to the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce auction, where Su Yu learned that Gu Hanzhou would compete for the Cold Abyss Sword. After returning to the inn, Su Yu decided to attend the auction and obtain the sword.

• Manager Song told Su Yu that Gu Hanzhou, a fourth-level Sea Breaking Realm sword cultivator, planned to bid for the Cold Abyss Sword at the auction in three days.
• Su Yu showed Manager Song tens of thousands of Mid-grade Spirit Stones and received VIP tokens for himself and Yan Qingxuan.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan left the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce, heard Eastern Domain martial artists dismiss Southern Domain geniuses, and continued back to the inn without responding.
• Elder Zhou told Su Yu that the next large-scale teleportation array toward the Central Domain would not open for some time, giving them time to improve themselves.
• Back in his room, Su Yu examined his auction token and Dustless Sword, then resolved to attend the auction and obtain the Cold Abyss Sword.

Su Yu assessed his resources before attending the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce auction with Yan Qingxuan, where local powers eyed them and the bidding began. The first lots sold at steep prices, and the auction had just revealed Enlightenment Tea leaves, an item Han Junyue wanted.

• Su Yu calculated that he had about 220,000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones available, plus pills and weapons he could use as collateral, while reserving Level 4 Sea Beast Beast Cores for the Dao Severing Sword.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan attended the auction with VIP tokens as Elder Zhou warned Su Yu to expect probes from others.
• Gu Hanzhou and Lu Mingchuan of the Hanshan Sword Sect noticed Su Yu and his Dustless Sword, while Han Junyue of the Canghai Sect arrived hoping to acquire Enlightenment Tea leaves.
• The auction began, and early lots such as sea-beast materials and formation disks sold for thousands of Mid-grade Spirit Stones while Su Yu held back.
• The auctioneer opened a jade box and announced the Enlightenment Tea leaves, drawing the attention of the Sea Breaking Realm martial artists.

The auctioned enlightenment tea leaves drew a fierce contest between Yan Qingxuan and Han Junyue, who ultimately won them. After several pill lots, the auctioneer presented the Cold Abyss Sword, drawing Gu Hanzhou’s and Su Yu’s attention.

• Lu Mingchuan and Han Junyue raised the bid for the enlightenment tea leaves before Yan Qingxuan joined in.
• Yan Qingxuan stopped bidding at 120,000 mid-grade spirit stones, and Han Junyue won the tea leaves.
• The auction proceeded to Cangyuan Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills, which Su Yu did not bid on.
• Attendants brought the Cold Abyss Sword onto the stage, and the sword’s chill drew Gu Hanzhou’s, Lu Mingchuan’s, and Su Yu’s attention.

Su Yu and Gu Hanzhou competed for the Cold Abyss Sword at the auction, and Su Yu won it for three hundred and ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones with Yan Qingxuan’s offer to lend him money. After testing the sword, Su Yu faced a pointed warning from Lu Mingchuan.

• The auctioneer introduced the Cold Abyss Sword as a High-grade Mystic-rank weapon capable of bearing fully mastered Sword Intent, and Gu Hanzhou declared that he wanted it.
• Su Yu entered the bidding at two hundred and ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and he and Gu Hanzhou drove the price higher.
• Su Yu continued bidding past Gu Hanzhou and Lu Mingchuan, while Yan Qingxuan offered to lend him Spirit Stones if needed.
• Su Yu bid three hundred and ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and Gu Hanzhou stopped bidding because his group could not afford more.
• Su Yu received the Cold Abyss Sword and suppressed its chill with his Qingxuan True Essence, then dismissed Lu Mingchuan’s warning that he might not be able to keep it.

After buying the Cold Abyss Sword, Su Yu passed up a Beast Core he needed for the Dao Severing Sword and accepted an invitation to a gathering of Eastern Domain geniuses in three days. Back at the inn, he tested the new sword and found it could handle his ninety percent Sword Intent with ease.

• Su Yu watched a Level 4 High-Grade Sea Beast Beast Core sell for seventy-eight thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones but did not bid because the Cold Abyss Sword had nearly emptied his funds.
• After the auction, Lu Mingchuan challenged Su Yu's standing as a sword cultivator from the Southern Domain, and Su Yu invited him to test swords directly.
• Gu Hanzhou invited Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan to a gathering of geniuses at Haiyun Pavilion in three days, and Su Yu agreed to attend.
• Su Yu told Yan Qingxuan he would repay the Spirit Stones he had borrowed from her, and she said there was no rush.
• At the inn, Su Yu tested the Cold Abyss Sword with ninety percent Sword Intent, and it responded smoothly while cutting a thin mark into a distant bluestone.