Chapter Summaries

Sima Jie’s party entered Yaksha territory while pursuing Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun, then fled when a massive Sea God’s Wrath vortex began forming. Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun also encountered the disaster and a Yaksha wielding a golden trident, leaving their escape uncertain.

• A Yaksha leader attacked the White Jade Warship and ordered Sima Jie’s party to leave Yaksha waters, but Sima Jie insisted they needed to find Tantai Bingyun.
• The Yaksha sounded their horns for help, and a colossal Sea God’s Wrath vortex appeared over the sea.
• Sima Jie ordered the White Jade Warship to retreat and explained that the growing vortex could destroy everything across tens of thousands of miles.
• Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun heard Yaksha horns answering from all directions and saw the enormous vortex sucking up seawater and sea beasts.
• Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun agreed not to attack as a Yaksha carrying a golden trident appeared before them.

Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun encountered the Yaksha King beside a dangerous spatial vortex called the Sea God's Wrath. He asked them to use their special wings to help destroy it, and both agreed to the dangerous mission.

• The Yaksha King appeared before Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun, then asked about the origins of their wings.
• The Yaksha King asked Tantai Bingyun about Ji Qingtong and Lei Dong about Mu Yanmei, revealing that he knew both women.
• Lei Dong offered to help with the vortex, and the Yaksha King explained that it was the Sea God's Wrath and threatened to grow more dangerous.
• The Yaksha King said Heaven-Splitting Thunders could destroy the vortex, but setting them off would require reaching its edge and escaping the spatial rifts.
• The Yaksha King estimated that Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun had a sixty percent chance of surviving because their wings could tear through space, and both agreed to help.

Lei Dong and Tao Tai Bingyun agreed to help the Yaksha King destroy a growing spatial vortex, and he equipped them with protective treasures before sending them into it. Lei Dong reached his assigned position and dropped the Heaven-Splitting Thunder, but the vortex pulled it toward a rift before he could escape, leaving him to face its blast behind his shields.

• The Yaksha King gave Lei Dong and Tao Tai Bingyun Heaven-Splitting Thunder, Top Grade Spirit Stones, and Great Body Protection Technique talismans, then transported them into the distorted space.
• The Yaksha King assigned himself the vortex's core and sent Lei Dong and the others to its four corners.
• Lei Dong flew to his assigned position and rapidly restored his true qi with a pill and a Top Grade Spirit Stone.
• The Yaksha King ordered Lei Dong to drop the Heaven-Splitting Thunder and flee, but spatial force dragged the pearl toward a rift.
• The Heaven-Splitting Thunder detonated as Lei Dong raised a Profound Yin Shield and crushed the talisman for protection.

Lei Dong survived the collapse of the Sea God's Wrath by following its currents to the center, but the ordeal left him gravely injured and unconscious. He awoke in a dilapidated hut with his belongings mostly gone, and a mute woman entered and reacted with delight at seeing him.

• The Yaksha King rescued one Yaksha elder from the contracting vortex, while another elder was cut apart by spatial rifts.
• Lei Dong followed the Yaksha King's advice and flew toward the vortex's center, using his remaining defenses and divine sense to dodge spatial rifts.
• At the vortex's center, Lei Dong's defenses shattered, and a heavy impact knocked him unconscious as the Sea God's Wrath vanished.
• Lei Dong awoke in a damp hut, realized his soul and body were badly injured, and found that his Storage Bracelet remained with him.
• Lei Dong prepared to take healing pills, but paused when he heard someone approach.
• A mute woman entered the hut, saw Lei Dong awake, and gestured to him with apparent delight.

Lei Dong recovered in a mute fisher girl’s hut after she rescued him from the sea, discovering that she had an excellent Spiritual Root and arranging for her to learn to read. He learned that cultivators lived on nearby Wo Jing Island, and as his strength returned, he kept his presence concealed while healing.

• The Mute Girl fed Lei Dong healing fish soup and used gestures to explain that she had fished him from the sea.
• Lei Dong began treating his severe body and soul injuries, then discovered that the Mute Girl had an excellent Spiritual Root and promised to find her a reading teacher.
• After several days of recovery, Lei Dong sent the Mute Girl to fetch a teacher and threatened the shifty man into silence.
• The teacher told Lei Dong that cultivators lived on Wo Jing Island, more than five hundred li away.
• Lei Dong forced the teacher to tutor the Mute Girl by making him believe he had been given poison, and trouble arose after seven or eight days.

Lei Dong learned that Mute Girl was being beaten and cheated by fish buyers for the Golden Spirit Fish she caught, and he joined her on a night fishing trip. After seeing her unusual method and catching one fish, he declared that Myriad Ghost Cave of the Yin Sha Sect would protect her and vowed to deal with her abusers.

• Lei Dong learned from the middle-aged scholar that Mute Girl caught valuable Golden Spirit Fish and that local buyers abused her and had ties to an Immortal Master.
• Lei Dong kept the middle-aged scholar with him and followed Mute Girl out to sea at night to learn how she fished.
• Lei Dong summoned his level-two ghost guard to haul up Mute Girl's traps, but their first catch contained no Golden Spirit Fish.
• Mute Girl showed Lei Dong that a drop of her blood on the bait attracted Golden Spirit Fish, and they caught one in a later trap.
• Lei Dong told Mute Girl that she belonged to Myriad Ghost Cave of the Yin Sha Sect and promised that the fish buyers and their backers would not survive.

Lei Dong protected Mute Girl, eliminated the fishmongers who preyed on her, and waited for the cultivators collecting Golden Spirit Fish. After discovering that the region was the Chaotic Archipelago and that the Wo Jing Island family posed no great threat, he was left focused on finding a way home.

• Lei Dong captured the fishmongers, searched their leader’s soul, and had his vengeful ghosts devour the gang.
• Lei Dong ordered the middle-aged scholar to teach Mute Girl to read and arranged for a Ghost Guard to catch Golden Spirit Fish for her.
• Lei Dong learned that two cultivators would collect goods from the island in half a month, then wiped out the fishmongers’ wider organization to prevent anyone from warning them.
• After healing for half a month, Lei Dong ambushed the two arriving Qi Refining Cultivators and searched the fourth-layer cultivator’s soul.
• Lei Dong learned that he was in the Barbaric Lands of the Chaotic Archipelago, far from familiar regions, and that the Wo Jing Island family had three Foundation Establishment Cultivators but no Golden Core Cultivators.

Lei Dong recovered on Fisherman Island while teaching Mute Girl the basics of cultivation and preparing to deal with Wo Jing Island. When three intruders arrived, he attacked and overwhelmed them, leaving the Foundation Establishment Cultivator at his mercy.

• Lei Dong refined two cultivators’ souls into the Myriad Ghost Banner and gave their possessions to Mute Girl.
• Lei Dong stayed on Fisherman Island to heal and sent ghost guards to patrol, hoping to draw Wo Jing Island’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators out one by one.
• Mute Girl studied characters and cultivation knowledge, and Lei Dong gave her the Ice Soul Law Jade Slip.
• A ghost guard spotted three intruders, so Lei Dong flew toward them and confronted a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and two Qi Refining Cultivators.
• The Foundation Establishment Cultivator fled and tried to bargain, but Lei Dong sent the Myriad Ghost Banner after the two Qi Refining Cultivators and summoned the Silver Puppet to attack him.
• The Silver Puppet shattered the Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s defenses, and Lei Dong appeared behind him and placed a hand on his head.

After searching a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s soul, Lei Dong learned about the regions surrounding the Chaotic Archipelago but found no clear route home. He broke through to the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment and decided to raise his Critical Hit Ghost Guard into a Ghost General for protection.

• Lei Dong finished searching the Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s soul, then let his vengeful ghosts devour the man and his two young relatives.
• Lei Dong learned about Zhao Prefecture, the vast desert to its south, and the Million Mountains to its west, but found no information about Kang Prefecture or how to return home.
• After sensing an imminent breakthrough, Lei Dong meditated on a coastal cliff for three days and advanced to the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment.
• Lei Dong realized that his stronger soul might let him control a Natal Ghost General and weighed how to obtain one.
• Lei Dong chose to promote his Critical Hit Ghost Guard directly into a Ghost General, using the resources and Golden Core-level souls he could find.

Lei Dong brought Mute Girl to Wo Jing Island to exterminate the Wang Clan and claim its wealth, showing her the danger of the Cultivation World. He drew the clan’s cultivators out of their compound and prepared to attack once both Foundation Establishment Cultivators had gathered.

• Lei Dong decided to eliminate the Wang Clan so no survivors could threaten Mute Girl on Fisherman Island, and he took her along to Wo Jing Island.
• Lei Dong explained that Mute Girl would have to rely on herself after he left for Kang Prefecture, and she held onto the name of the place.
• Lei Dong surrounded the Wang Clan compound with fierce ghosts, summoned his Ghost Guards and puppets, and restored his true Qi before beginning the attack.
• A Ghost Guard killed two guards and battered the Mountain Protecting Formation until the Wang Clan activated it and its cultivators came out to confront the attacker.
• Lei Dong held back while the Critical Hit Ghost Guard fought the clan’s cultivators, then spotted the second Foundation Establishment Cultivator arriving with reinforcements and moved his Ghost Guards and puppets forward.

Lei Dong destroyed the Wang Clan, left Mute Girl with resources and cultivation guidance, then traveled to Canglan Island seeking Golden Core Demon Beast materials. He learned that the island lord monopolized those materials, leaving him to consider how to obtain them without provoking the island’s power.

• Lei Dong’s Ghost Guards and other forces killed the Wang Clan’s cultivators, and he gave Mute Girl the clan’s valuables after the massacre.
• Lei Dong guided Mute Girl in cultivation for about a month, left her a letter, and flew toward Canglan Island.
• Lei Dong surveyed Canglan Island, observed its dangerous cultivators, and paid the entry fee to enter.
• Lei Dong refused invitations to join adventuring teams and searched the market for Golden Core Beast Souls or demon beast flesh.
• Lei Dong learned that the island lord’s shop monopolized Golden Core Demon Beasts, and he worried that offering adventurers more money would offend the island lord.

Lei Dong searched Canglan Island for Golden Core Demon Beast flesh and joined a hunting team after agreeing to buy some of their catch. The team took him beyond the island to test his strength, and the leader called on Shangguan to spar with him.

• Lei Dong decided to join a group to hunt Golden Core Demon Beasts at sea, relying on his Asura Wings to escape if necessary.
• At the plaza, Lei Dong heard offers from two group leaders and questioned a scarred, leopard-headed leader about his team's sea-hunting record.
• Lei Dong offered to pay Spirit Stones for his teammates' shares of Golden Core Demon Beasts, and the team agreed on terms that required him to fight and share some prey with Island Lord Shang.
• Lei Dong joined the team, and its members flew beyond Canglan Island to test his strength and fighting style.
• The leader chose Shangguan to spar with Lei Dong.

Lei Dong defeated Shangguan in a sparring match and joined Captain Qian’s team for an expedition to the outer sea. As they traveled, he studied the Netherworld Great Law and planned to develop his Ghost Qi threads into a stronger control spell.

• Captain Qian introduced Shangguan, and Lei Dong challenged him to a sparring match.
• Lei Dong overwhelmed Shangguan with the Black Dragon Chant and Crimson Refining Flying Sword until Captain Qian stopped the fight.
• Shangguan accepted his defeat, and Captain Qian welcomed Lei Dong into the team and introduced Qing Niangzi, Zhao, and Zhang.
• Three days later, the team boarded Captain Qian’s Flying Boat and headed for the outer sea.
• Lei Dong studied the Netherworld Great Law and resolved to refine his Ghost Qi threads into a powerful spell for binding enemies.

Lei Dong struggled to make durable threads from Netherworld Ghost Qi until Captain Qian directed him to Qing Niangzi’s Flying Needle Guiding Thread. After Qing Niangzi demonstrated the technique and began sharing her experience, Lei Dong learned its principles, leaving him with a path toward developing his own control spell.

• Lei Dong spent seven or eight days trying and failing to condense Netherworld Ghost Qi into durable threads.
• Captain Qian advised Lei Dong to learn from Qing Niangzi’s experience with Flying Needle Guiding Thread.
• Qing Niangzi demonstrated how her thread guided the Blue Light Flying Needle and withstood Lei Dong’s strength.
• Qing Niangzi agreed to teach Lei Dong her experience, and the others sealed their six senses to avoid overhearing.
• Qing Niangzi explained the technique to Lei Dong, who remembered nearly everything in less than half an hour.

Lei Dong and the crew searched the Endless Sea for a Golden Core Demon Beast using Captain Qian’s detection artifact, then prepared a formation to trap one. Qing Niangzi volunteered to act as bait as the hunt began.

• Lei Dong practiced under Qing Niangzi’s instruction as the Flying Boat entered the Endless Sea.
• Captain Qian used Original Form Revealed to search for Golden Core Demon Beasts, and Lei Dong learned that the artifact came from the Demon Artifact Sect.
• After days of searching and catching lesser Monster Beasts, Captain Qian detected a Golden Core Demon Beast twenty-seven li away.
• The crew traveled to the beast’s location and set up the Mistshadow Formation under the Zhao cultivator’s direction.
• Captain Qian asked for a volunteer to serve as bait, and Qing Niangzi offered to take the role.

Qing Niangzi lured a Golden Core Knife Eel Dragon into the team’s formation, where Captain Qian and the others attacked it. Lei Dong revealed a peak Foundation Establishment Puppet alongside his Crimson-Refining Flying Sword, prompting Captain Qian to offer him an extra half-share of the reward.

• Qing Niangzi used lightning to draw the Knife Eel Dragon out of the sea and lured it into the formation.
• Old Zhao activated the formation, trapping the Knife Eel Dragon in Black Mist as it tried to break free.
• Captain Qian and the other cultivators attacked the trapped beast with their spiritual artifacts.
• Lei Dong summoned a peak Foundation Establishment Puppet and his Crimson-Refining Flying Sword, surprising the team with his strength and wealth.
• Captain Qian offered Lei Dong an extra half-share, and the team accepted the arrangement.

Lei Dong and his teammates killed the Knife Eel Dragon after Shangguan’s Scarlet Blood Scythe badly wounded it and Lei Dong stopped it from escaping into the sea. They divided the spoils, and Lei Dong’s display of strength and fair dealing won the team’s respect before he and Captain Qian sensed something to their left.

• Shangguan unleashed his life-or-death Scarlet Blood Scythe, nearly cutting the Knife Eel Dragon in two before collapsing from exhaustion.
• The wounded Knife Eel Dragon broke through the Black Mist formation and fell toward the sea, but Lei Dong used his Asura Wings and Black Dragon Chant to knock it back into the air.
• The team killed the Knife Eel Dragon, and Captain Qian captured its fleeing beast soul in a Soul Sealing Ball.
• Captain Qian gave Lei Dong the beast’s remains, and Lei Dong paid the agreed full price while declining to discuss his wings.
• Captain Qian returned Lei Dong’s promised half-percent bonus, and Lei Dong and Captain Qian both turned toward something they sensed to the left.

Lei Dong and Captain Qian prepared to face a much larger ship carrying a stronger group of cultivators. After Lei Dong challenged them to surrender their Golden Core Demon Beast, he decided the enemy was doomed because they had no Golden Core Cultivator.

• Captain Qian ordered everyone back aboard their small ship and asked Lei Dong to display his Peak Puppet and Asura Wings to intimidate the approaching vessel.
• Lei Dong donned his battle armor and spread his Asura Wings, startling his companions and making Captain Qian sense his formidable power.
• The opposing Flying Boat revealed ten powerful Foundation Establishment cultivators, outnumbering Captain Qian's group, while Lei Dong confirmed none of them was a Golden Core Cultivator.
• Lei Dong demanded that the enemy leave behind their Golden Core Demon Beast and get lost, provoking their leader and alarming Captain Qian.
• Lei Dong told Captain Qian that the enemy had no Golden Core Cultivator and declared that they were dead.

Lei Dong led Captain Qian’s group into battle against ten cultivators and unleashed his ghosts, puppets, and Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger. The fight began with Lei Dong’s forces instantly killing one of the enemy cultivators.

• Captain Qian agreed to fight after Lei Dong offered to handle the seven Foundation Establishment Middle Stage opponents in exchange for half the spoils.
• Qing Niangzi backed Lei Dong’s plan, and Captain Qian’s team agreed to battle the ten cultivators.
• Lei Dong struck the enemy Flying Boat’s shield with a Nether Fireball, provoking the opposing captain to order an attack.
• Captain Qian retreated the Flying Boat while Lei Dong concealed his Ghost Guards, puppets, Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, and hundreds of ghosts in Netherworld Ghost Qi.
• Lei Dong commanded an attack and sent his Ghost Guards and ghosts after one opponent while he led his puppets and tiger toward another.
• The Ghost Guards froze one Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator and shattered him with a coordinated strike.

Lei Dong’s squad turned the battle around as he killed the seven Foundation Establishment Middle Stage opponents and broke the enemy’s morale. Captain Qian’s group kept the three Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators occupied, and Qing Niangzi and Captain Qian brought one down.

• Lei Dong killed two Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators in a surprise attack, raising his squad’s morale.
• Lei Dong’s ghostly subordinates overwhelmed another enemy while Captain Qian’s four teammates blocked the three Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.
• The remaining four middle-stage enemies fled, but Lei Dong used the Asura Wings to chase them down and kill them.
• Lei Dong returned with the four corpses, terrifying the three late-stage opponents and emboldening Captain Qian’s group.
• Qing Niangzi shattered one opponent’s spirit shield with her Green Light, and Captain Qian struck him in the chest with a killing move.