Chapter Summaries

The third wave of Sea Beasts arrived with almost no recovery time and brought multiple fourth-level beasts that broke through the defensive line and caused the first deaths. When Yan Chong faced a deadly attack near East Section Three, Su Yu intervened and cleared the breach with one sword strike.

• As the second wave retreated, the City Lord of Tianhai and the Vice President of the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce saw a third wave approaching before the defensive line could recover.
• Fourth-level Sea Beasts charged ashore, forcing the front ranks to withdraw while the City Lord ordered Sea Breaking Realm martial artists to fill the gaps.
• A Black-Scaled Giant Shark killed a young martial artist, and a Rending-Claw Sea Wolf killed a sect disciple, marking the first deaths on the defensive line.
• Sea Breaking Realm fighters from several factions reinforced the line as the Sea Beasts continued opening breaches.
• Yan Chong was knocked aside by a Black-Scaled Giant Shark and faced a third Sea Beast's attack; Jiang Yao's arrow and He Zhou's warning could not stop it.
• Su Yu rushed in and split the attacking Sea Beast with the Cold Abyss Sword, then swept nearby Sea Beasts aside and cleared the breach at East Section Three.

Su Yu used Wind Riding Cloud Treading Steps to slaughter Sea Beasts and hold East Sections Three through Five, while the other factions' geniuses helped contain the third wave. The fourth wave then arrived with many Level 4 Sea Beasts and at least one Level 4 High-Grade Sea Beast, leaving the defenders facing a more dangerous assault.

• Xu Yan and He Zhou helped the wounded Yan Chong retreat from the breach, and Su Yu told them he would hold the line.
• Su Yu used Wind Riding Cloud Treading Steps and the Cold Abyss Sword to kill Sea Beasts across East Sections Three, Four, and Five.
• Qin Xuance, Xie Wuya, Lu Qingmei, Wei Qianlan, Yan Qingxuan, and Yue Qianshan fought Sea Beasts at the other defensive lines and helped hold back the third wave.
• The fourth wave surged in, carrying dense ranks of Level 4 Sea Beasts and several Level 4 Mid-Grade beasts.
• A massive dark-green-scaled Level 4 High-Grade Sea Beast surfaced, and the City Lord of Tianhai's expression darkened.

The sea-beast assault overwhelmed the coastal defense as experts and young fighters struggled to hold the line. A peak level-four Octopus Sea Beast appeared and nearly struck Su Yu, forcing the leaders to turn their attention to the new threat.

• Sea beasts broke through the defensive line repeatedly, causing mounting casualties and exhausting the supply of healing pills.
• Elder Zhou warned Situ Hai that something in the deep sea was stirring up the beast tide, and Situ Hai guarded the Southern Domain fighters.
• Su Yu and the Canghai Ranking geniuses continued fighting at the front as the fourth wave pressed on.
• A peak level-four Octopus Sea Beast surfaced and smashed its tentacle into East Section Three, but Su Yu dodged the attack.
• The City Lord of Tianhai and the sect leaders reacted to the octopus, while Nie Kuanglan unleashed his Blade Intent.

Nie Kuanglan fought the Sea-Splitting Giant Octopus and severely wounded it with a series of powerful saber strikes. As the beast retreated into the deep sea, a dark azure light appeared beneath the water and the depths began to rotate.

• Nie Kuanglan arrived at East Section Three and wounded the Sea-Splitting Giant Octopus with Kuanglan Sea-Breaking.
• Nie Kuanglan cut through the octopus’s water wall, ink attack, and tentacle assaults, severing two tentacles and badly injuring others.
• The Sect Masters and Wanhai Chamber of Commerce’s Vice President praised Nie Kuanglan’s strength while Elder Zhou warned Situ Hai that the octopus might not have come alone.
• Nie Kuanglan used Ten Thousand Waves Return to Void, but a muffled roar from the deep sea made the octopus retreat before the strike could finish it.
• Nie Kuanglan severed another tentacle as the octopus fled into the black tide, where a dark azure light appeared and the deep sea began to rotate.

The Sea-Splitting Giant Octopus escaped into a mysterious Deep Sea Vortex, and Nie Kuanglan, Su Yu, and others entered after it. As the sea beast tide continued to threaten Tianhai City, powerful newcomers also headed into the vortex.

• The wounded Sea-Splitting Giant Octopus plunged into the Deep Sea Vortex, and Nie Kuanglan followed it inside.
• Su Yu sensed the Dao Severing Sword react to something within the vortex and entered with Yan Qingxuan; Elder Zhou and Situ Hai followed them.
• The City Lord of Tianhai ordered the martial artists to hold the Coastal Defense Line while sea beasts continued attacking.
• Six powerful experts arrived and rushed toward the vortex, drawn by the strange light and Nie Kuanglan's entry.
• Xu Guanhai returned to the Hanshan Sword Sect and entered the Deep Sea Vortex.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan followed the Dao Severing Sword’s pull into an underwater ruin and collected the Beast Cores scattered among the Sea Beast bones. Their search led them deeper, but six powerful newcomers arrived and demanded the treasures.

• Su Yu steadied Yan Qingxuan against the underwater Formation’s pressure by sharing the protection of his Indestructible Sutra.
• Su Yu followed the Dao Severing Sword’s pull through the currents, and he and Yan Qingxuan discovered a ruin filled with Sea Beast bones and Beast Cores.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan collected the Beast Cores, including several high-grade fourth-tier cores, until the sword’s pull pointed toward a deeper passage.
• Six powerful figures entered the ruin, including the Red-Robed Elder, the Green-Clad Swordsman, and the hammer-carrying burly man.
• The Red-Robed Elder demanded that Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan surrender the treasures and explain how they had arrived first.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan were cornered by six cultivators who demanded their belongings, but Su Yu severed Xue Lang’s arm with a concealed sword strike and fled with Yan Qingxuan. They entered the damaged Formation Patterns and approached a massive stone gate as their pursuers closed in.

• The Red-Robed Elder and the other five cultivators demanded Su Yu’s belongings and threatened him and Yan Qingxuan.
• Su Yu pretended to hand over his Storage Bag while drawing the Black-Robed Man, Xue Lang, close.
• Su Yu struck with the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art and cut off Xue Lang’s right arm, then reclaimed his Storage Bag.
• Su Yu took Yan Qingxuan’s hand and escaped as the Red-Robed Elder, the Hammer-Wielding Strongman, and the others attacked and pursued them.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan followed the Dao Severing Sword’s guidance through the damaged Formation Patterns toward a massive stone gate, with the six cultivators close behind.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan fled through the Formation Patterns while six pursuers closed in, but Su Yu used the currents to pull ahead. They joined Nie Kuanglan at a fork, split paths to divide the attackers, and Xue Ping and Hong Ling pursued Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan.

• Su Yu guided Yan Qingxuan through the dangerous currents with his Wind Riding Cloud Treading Steps, gradually widening their lead over the six pursuers.
• Nie Kuanglan emerged from a side corridor, recognized the pursuers as the Seven Loose Practitioners of Blood Tide, and learned Su Yu had cut off Xue Ping’s arm.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan took the right-hand path while Nie Kuanglan went left, dividing the pursuers at the fork.
• Xue Ping and Hong Ling chased Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan while the Red-Robed Elder, the Green-Clad Swordsman, the Hammer-Wielding Strongman, and the Gaunt Elder pursued Nie Kuanglan.
• Su Yu deflected Xue Ping’s attack and used its force to surge ahead as Yan Qingxuan broke apart the water blades around them.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan fled Xue Ping and Hong Ling into a ruined Stone Palace, where Su Yu found three Black Iron Fragments that strengthened the Dao Severing Sword, along with rare Spirit Stones and Attribute Spirit Crystals. Xue Ping and Hong Ling reached their chamber as Su Yu put the treasures away, leaving the pair cornered.

• Elder Zhou and Situ Hai met Xu Guanhai in an underwater space, learned he had not seen Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan, and set off with him toward a distant rumble.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan evaded Xue Ping and Hong Ling's attacks while following the Dao Severing Sword's pull into a ruined Stone Palace.
• Su Yu broke into the second chamber on the left and opened a Black Stone Box, whose three Black Iron Fragments flew into his Sea of Consciousness and repaired cracks in the Dao Severing Sword.
• Yan Qingxuan found more than a hundred High-grade Spirit Stones and several Attribute Spirit Crystals in a hidden compartment beneath the box.
• Su Yu stored the treasures as Xue Ping and Hong Ling reached the chamber, and Xue Ping announced that he had found them.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan confronted Xue Ping and Hong Ling in a stone chamber after the pair cornered them. Su Yu killed Hong Ling and Xue Ping, leaving the chamber clear of his pursuers.

• Xue Ping and Hong Ling blocked the stone chamber’s only exit and threatened Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan.
• Su Yu fought both attackers with his Cold Abyss Sword, Wind and Cloud movement technique, and Thunder Intent.
• Yan Qingxuan knocked Hong Ling’s whip aside, giving Su Yu an opening to wound her.
• Su Yu killed Hong Ling with a lightning-charged sword strike to the neck.
• Xue Ping tried to bargain and then attacked Su Yu, but Su Yu dodged his strike and pierced his chest with the Cold Abyss Sword.

After killing Xue Ping and Hong Ling, Su Yu divided some of their spoils with Yan Qingxuan and accepted a closer form of address from her. With stronger enemies likely to find them, they began cultivating in the Stone Chamber to prepare for what came next.

• Su Yu searched Xue Ping and Hong Ling's Storage Bags and found nearly five hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, pills, weapons, and other valuables.
• Yan Qingxuan declined her share of the Mid-grade Spirit Stones, so Su Yu gave her fifty High-grade Spirit Stones and Water and Wood Spirit Crystals instead.
• Yan Qingxuan asked Su Yu to call her Qingxuan, and he agreed.
• Su Yu warned that the other people in the ruins were stronger and might come looking, so he and Yan Qingxuan decided to cultivate in the Stone Chamber.
• Su Yu began refining the Gold Spirit Crystal and Thunder Spirit Crystal while Yan Qingxuan used a High-grade Spirit Stone to attempt a breakthrough.

Su Yu refined three Thunder Spirit Crystals to raise his Thunder Intent to fifty percent and advanced his Gold Intent, while considering how to strengthen his sword techniques. Yan Qingxuan broke through to the third level of the Sea Breaking Realm, and the two left the Stone Chamber to continue through the Deep Sea Ruins.

• Su Yu refined three Thunder Spirit Crystals and raised his Thunder Intent to fifty percent.
• Su Yu used a Gold Spirit Crystal to advance his Gold Intent and considered deriving a sixth form of the Star Cloud Sword Art.
• Yan Qingxuan absorbed a High-grade Spirit Stone and broke through to the third level of the Sea Breaking Realm.
• Su Yu congratulated Yan Qingxuan, and the two left the Stone Chamber together.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan fought their way through a damaged formation in the underwater ruins while Elder Zhou, Situ Hai, and Xu Guanhai followed their trail. The groups converged amid separate battles, leaving Nie Kuanglan and Xu Guanhai facing their attackers as Elder Zhou and Situ Hai clashed with a sinister gray-robed man.

• Su Yu sensed that the Dao Severing Sword was guiding him deeper into the ruins, and he and Yan Qingxuan entered a stone hall whose damaged formation attacked them with Water Blades.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan broke through the formation and continued deeper into the ruins.
• Elder Zhou, Situ Hai, and Xu Guanhai found Su Yu's sword mark and recognized the strength of his sword intent before continuing onward.
• Nie Kuanglan fought the Red-Robed Elder and Green-Clad Swordsman, while Xu Guanhai intercepted the Hammer-Wielding Strongman.
• Elder Zhou and Situ Hai confronted the Gray-robed old man, who mocked them and spread gray mist as the fight began.

Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan discovered a hidden teleportation formation guarded by a powerful Dark Gold Sea Beast. The beast chased them through the Stone Corridor, leaving them trapped before a narrow crack as its tail rose to strike again.

• Su Yu opened the Bronze Formation Gate and found a teleportation platform guarded by a peak fourth-rank Dark Gold Sea Beast.
• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan tried to flee, but the beast’s tail struck them with a powerful shockwave that injured them both.
• Su Yu picked up the injured Yan Qingxuan and ran through the Stone Corridor while the beast pursued them, smashing the passage behind them.
• Su Yu reached a collapsed section of corridor with a narrow crack ahead as the Dark Gold Sea Beast closed in and raised its tail again.

Su Yu achieved Great Accomplishment in Wind Riding Cloud Treading Steps while escaping the Dark Gold Sea Beast with Yan Qingxuan. He reached Elder Zhou and the others, killed the Gray-robed old man with one sword strike, and the remaining enemies reacted to his arrival.

• With the Dark Gold Sea Beast closing in, Su Yu grasped the True Meaning of Wind and Cloud and broke through to Great Accomplishment in Wind Riding Cloud Treading Steps.
• Su Yu carried Yan Qingxuan through the Stone Corridor, evading the beast and rushing toward the battle where Elder Zhou and Situ Hai faced the Gray-robed old man.
• Su Yu arrived at the battlefield, and the Gray-robed old man attacked him before Su Yu could explain what had happened.
• Su Yu dodged the Gray-robed old man's strike and killed him with a single swing of the Cold Abyss Sword, then took his Storage Bag.
• The Hammer-Wielding Strongman, the Green-Clad Swordsman, and the Red-Robed Elder reacted to the Gray-robed old man's death, while Nie Kuanglan noticed Yan Qingxuan in Su Yu's arms.

Su Yu fled with Yan Qingxuan and the others as the Red-Robed Elder and his companions tried to capture him. A Quasi-Level 5 Sea Beast burst into the battlefield and overwhelmed the three Ocean-level fighters, leaving their fate uncertain as Su Yu’s group escaped.

• The Red-Robed Elder suspected Su Yu had found an opportunity in the Stone Corridor and decided to capture him rather than investigate alone.
• Su Yu used his Great Accomplishment Wind Riding Cloud Treading Steps to flee while carrying Yan Qingxuan, and Elder Zhou, Situ Hai, Xu Guanhai, and Nie Kuanglan followed.
• A Dark Gold Sea Beast smashed through the stone wall and attacked the Red-Robed Elder, the Green-Clad Swordsman, and the Hammer-Wielding Strongman.
• Nie Kuanglan and Xu Guanhai identified the beast as a Quasi-Level 5 Sea Beast that ordinary Ocean-level fighters could scarcely withstand.
• Su Yu’s group continued fleeing as the Red-Robed Elder shouted angrily behind them, and Yan Qingxuan softly asked Su Yu to put her down.

Su Yu and the others fled the Dark Gold Sea Beast through a Cyan Light Passage after it overwhelmed the Sea-Splitting Giant Octopus. The passage began to collapse behind them as they raced toward its dark depths.

• Su Yu helped the weakened Yan Qingxuan stand, and she agreed to stay close as Elder Zhou and Situ Hai joined them.
• The Red-Robed Elder and his companions emerged from the Stone Corridor, but the Dark Gold Sea Beast stopped their attack and charged after the group.
• The wounded Sea-Splitting Giant Octopus crashed into ruined Formation Patterns, opening a Cyan Light Passage, and the Dark Gold Sea Beast killed it.
• Su Yu, Yan Qingxuan, Elder Zhou, Situ Hai, Nie Kuanglan, Xu Guanhai, and the Red-Robed Elder's group rushed into the passage to escape the beast.
• The Dark Gold Sea Beast struck the passage entrance, shattering its Formation Patterns as Su Yu and the others fled deeper inside.

Su Yu and the others emerged from the Deep Sea Vortex as a Quasi-Level 5 Sea Beast threatened to break through, but the green light held it back and the beast tide retreated. Su Yu faced the Blood Tide survivors’ threats, earned Nie Kuanglan’s respect, and agreed to take Yan Qingxuan to the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce for treatment.

• Su Yu and Yan Qingxuan landed on the shore with Elder Zhou, Situ Hai, Nie Kuanglan, Xu Guanhai, and the other survivors.
• A powerful aura rose from the Deep Sea Vortex, and Nie Kuanglan identified the creature below as a Quasi-Level 5 Sea Beast; the green light forced it back.
• The sea beasts withdrew, and the City Lord of Tianhai ordered the defenders not to pursue and to rescue the wounded and stabilize the Formation Wall.
• The Red-Robed Elder, the Green-Clad Swordsman, and the Hammer-Wielding Strongman threatened Su Yu over the deaths of their companions, then left to recover.
• Nie Kuanglan praised Su Yu for killing three of the Seven Loose Practitioners of Blood Tide and offered help, but Su Yu said he had prepared for the consequences.
• The Vice President of the Wanhai Chamber of Commerce invited Su Yu to bring Yan Qingxuan there for treatment, and Su Yu accepted.

Su Yu sorted the spoils from the battle and received a reward from the merchant association for defending against the Sea Beast tide. He began cultivating with his remaining resources to strengthen himself before facing the surviving members of the Seven Loose Practitioners of Blood Tide and the Eastern Pole True Dragon Gathering.

• Su Yu inventoried Xue Ping and Hong Ling’s Storage Bags and the Gray-robed old man’s, finding Spirit Stones, a Mystic-grade Mid-tier Short Blade, and a damaged black Formation Disk.
• Su Yu sensed that the Dao Severing Sword had grown closer to him after absorbing the three mysterious iron fragments, but chose to wait before feeding it the Beast Cores.
• Su Yu tallied his remaining Spirit Stones and Spirit Crystals after giving Yan Qingxuan fifty High-grade Spirit Stones and the Water and Wood Spirit Crystals.
• Song Yuan delivered three hundred and sixty thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones from the merchant association as Su Yu’s reward for killing Sea Beasts along the eastern defense line.
• Su Yu decided he needed to grow stronger quickly and began circulating the twelfth level of the Azure Profound Divine Art with a High-grade Spirit Stone.

Su Yu used a High-grade Spirit Stone to reach the peak of the Third Layer Sea Breaking Realm, then consumed Thunder Spirit Crystals and Gold Spirit Crystals to raise his Thunder Intent to peak Fifty Percent and Gold Intent to Sixty Percent. While he continued cultivating in seclusion, Yue Qianshan challenged Xu Guanhai at Canghai Platform.

• Su Yu absorbed a High-grade Spirit Stone and reached the peak of the Third Layer Sea Breaking Realm, but chose not to force a breakthrough to the Fourth Layer.
• Su Yu exhausted six Thunder Spirit Crystals and raised his Thunder Intent to peak Fifty Percent.
• Su Yu used his Gold Spirit Crystals to raise his Gold Intent to Sixty Percent, sharpening the power of his sword techniques.
• As Su Yu remained in secluded cultivation, people gathered at Canghai Platform to watch Yue Qianshan challenge Xu Guanhai.
• Onlookers noted that Yue Qianshan had reached the Seventh Layer of the Sea Breaking Realm and speculated that he now considered Xu Guanhai his true rival.