Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan dealt with the Moon Liên Islands’ mounting administrative problems and agreed to let his family help manage the territory. He then went to confront the Black Thorn Wild Boars, leaving the lords to guard the lair’s perimeter.

• The town lords reported that a powerful Black Thorn Wild Boar King had driven off their cultivators and was ravaging settlements and spirit fields.
• Zhang Qingyuan reviewed the island’s taxes and learned that poor management had reduced the spirit iron mine’s surplus, while the sect’s annual ore shipment still needed to reach Tiannan City.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled agreeing to Elder Zhang Changyang’s plan to send Zhang Family cultivators to help manage the Moon Liên Islands, and decided to handle the boars before transporting the ore.
• Zhang Qingyuan dismissed the towns’ elaborate welcome ceremonies and had the lords guide him to the Black Thorn Wild Boars’ mountain lair.
• Zhang Qingyuan told the lords to guard the surroundings, then rose into the air to face the sleeping Black Thorn Wild Boar King and its herd.

Zhang Qingyuan revealed his overwhelming strength by slaughtering the Black Thorn Wild Boars and their King while the Island Cultivators watched in shock. The cultivators were left fearful and awed by their mysterious Island Master.

• Zhang Qingyuan advanced toward the charging Black Thorn Wild Boars as the Island Cultivators worried that he was acting recklessly.
• Zhang Qingyuan flashed through more than a dozen Black Thorn Wild Boars and beheaded them with his sword.
• Zhang Qingyuan killed the remaining Black Thorn Wild Boars with controlled sword strikes as the Island Cultivators watched in alarm.
• The Black Thorn Wild Boar King charged at Zhang Qingyuan after finding its underlings dead.
• Zhang Qingyuan killed the Black Thorn Wild Boar King with a few sword strikes, leaving the gathered cultivators speechless.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated the Black Thorn Wild Boar King and found that it had consumed a Millennium Purple Stripe Ganoderma, leaving only traces behind. He captured a Silver Spirit Devouring Rat and sent the boar king and surviving young boars to the Island Lord’s Mansion, leaving the other boars for the cultivators.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s easy victory over the Black Thorn Wild Boar King stunned the nearby cultivators and made them revere his strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan found traces of a Millennium Purple Stripe Ganoderma in the boar king’s nest and realized the beast had eaten it to grow stronger.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered cultivating Purple Stripe Ganoderma near the Spirit Spring, then caught a Silver Spirit Devouring Rat hiding inside a Purple Fir Wood and put it in his Spirit Beast Bag.
• Zhang Qingyuan ordered the boar king and living young boars sent to the Island Lord’s Mansion, while the cultivators divided the remaining boars among themselves.

Zhang Qingyuan began two ventures on Moon Connect Island, raising Black Thorn Wild Boars and cultivating Purple Stripe Ganoderma, hoping they would become profitable industries. He then refined a Silver Spirit Devouring Rat into a Servant Beast named Little White and set off to search the island for treasures.

• Zhang Qingyuan gave captured Small Black Thorn Wild Boars to mortals at the Island Lord's Mansion and instructed them in their care and feeding.
• Zhang Qingyuan buried Purple Fir Wood near the Spirit Spring Mouth and used Spring Breeze Fine Rain Techniques to encourage Purple Stripe Ganoderma growth.
• Zhang Qingyuan refined the Silver Spirit Devouring Rat with a Soul Sense Seed and named it Little White.
• Zhang Qingyuan took Little White and flew toward the central mountain range of Moon Connect Island to search for treasures.

Zhang Qingyuan used Little White to search the Moon Liên Islands for hidden treasures and discovered a powerful underground water vein. He returned to the Island Lord's Mansion with valuable resources and began cultivating a new medicinal field around its Spirit Spring Mouth.

• Zhang Qingyuan refined the Silver Spirit Devouring Rat into his Servant Beast and used it to locate hidden Spirit Materials and other resources across the island.
• Little White led Zhang Qingyuan to a concealed underground water vein, which contained abundant Water Essence Power and could support new Spirit Fields.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent half a month developing the water vein and refining a bottle of Essence of Gui Water before returning to the Island Lord's Mansion.
• Zhang Qingyuan planted gathered Spiritual Medicine and transplanted Spirit Fruit Trees near the mansion's Spirit Spring Mouth, using three drops of Essence of Gui Water to help them recover and grow.

Zhang Qingyuan waited at the Moon Liên Islands for Zhang Changyang and the others, then learned they had been trapped by pirates. As the bandits broke through the Zhang Family’s defenses, Zhang Qingyuan arrived.

• Zhang Qingyuan settled spiritual medicines in his garden and continued cultivating while waiting for Zhang Changyang’s group to arrive.
• When Zhang Changyang and the others sent no news, Zhang Qingyuan worried they had been attacked by sea bandits.
• The Zhoushan Eighteen Bandits surrounded Zhang Changyang’s group on a rocky islet and demanded the Zhang Family hand over a young girl and submit.
• Zhang Changyang refused to betray his family and ordered the younger members to flee when the defensive formation collapsed.
• As the pirates charged onto the islet, Zhang Qingyuan’s voice sounded across the sea.

Zhang Qingyuan confronted the One-Eyed Pirate aboard the pirate ship and easily survived his attacks, prompting the pirates to swarm him. Seeing Qingyuan alone, Zhang Changyang fought through the encirclement to reach him.

• The One-Eyed Pirate attacked Zhang Qingyuan with a full-strength blade strike, but Zhang Qingyuan stopped it with two fingers and dispersed its power.
• The One-Eyed Pirate unleashed another devastating attack, then saw Zhang Qingyuan emerge unharmed from the smoke and called on his men to attack.
• Zhang Changyang recognized Zhang Qingyuan aboard the ship and, fearing for the Zhang Family’s future, led the lineage disciples in a charge to rescue him.
• Two pirate leaders tried to intercept Zhang Changyang, but he struck them down and continued fighting through the encirclement.
• After more than twenty breaths, Zhang Changyang, covered in blood, broke through and landed heavily on the ship.

Zhang Qingyuan had already killed the One-Eyed Pirate and everyone aboard his ship before Zhang Changyang and the Zhang Family disciples arrived. He then unleashed his Nine Dragons Soaring Technique against the pirates charging from the other ships, leaving their fleet facing a devastating wave of water dragons.

• Zhang Changyang and the Zhang Family disciples broke through the pirates’ interception and boarded the ship, where they found Zhang Qingyuan alive among the corpses of every pirate aboard.
• Zhang Qingyuan tossed aside the One-Eyed Pirate’s head and greeted Zhang Changyang, who was stunned that he had killed the entire crew so quickly.
• The pirates from the other ships mistook the Zhang Family’s arrival for an attempt to seize the flagship and charged toward them.
• Zhang Qingyuan told the Zhang Family members to leave the attackers to him, then leaped onto the mast.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Nine Dragons Soaring to summon huge water dragons that crushed the incoming pirates and surged toward the remaining pirate ships.

Zhang Qingyuan annihilated a pirate force with a single devastating wave, then led the Zhang Family members to the Moon Liên Islands. After welcoming them, he assigned them positions and reorganized the islands’ personnel and management, leaving the family settled into his growing operation.

• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed a tsunami infused with Water Intent and spirit essence, routing the pirates and leaving the Zhang Family members astonished by his strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan had the family collect the pirates’ Storage Bags, Magic Tools, and ships, which he kept for the Moon Liên Islands’ development.
• The Zhang Family cultivators sailed the captured ships to the Moon Liên Islands several days later.
• Zhang Qingyuan hosted a banquet at the Island Lord’s Mansion, where the family members remained restrained but grew closer to him.
• Zhang Qingyuan assigned the family members positions and established new management regulations for the Moon Liên Islands.

Zhang Qingyuan created a management system for developing the Moon Liên Islands, and Zhang Changyang helped adapt it before it was implemented. The reforms boosted the Zhang Clan’s income and morale, while the islands’ ports, Spirit Fields, and Spirit Iron Ore mine became more profitable.

• Zhang Qingyuan drafted a management plan for the Moon Liên Islands, using profit-sharing, performance rewards, and financial supervision to encourage work and deter corruption.
• Zhang Qingyuan brought the plan to Zhang Changyang, who was astonished by its ideas and discussed it with him for an entire day.
• Zhang Changyang sent the plan and its management principles to the Zhang Clan, where the ruling elders and Old Clan Leader discussed and adapted them.
• The Zhang Clan introduced reforms based on the plan, raising lower-level cultivators’ enthusiasm and increasing the clan’s income.
• Zhang Changyang revised Zhang Qingyuan’s proposal, and the resulting system improved the Moon Liên Islands’ port and Spirit Field revenues and turned the Spirit Iron Ore mine toward substantial profits.

Zhang Qingyuan reviewed the Moon Liên Islands’ growing income and left its operations to his subordinates before entering seclusion to cultivate. After a month, he broke through the One Origin Gui Water Scripture to its fourth layer, bringing the Half-step True Essence Realm within reach.

• Zhang Qingyuan reviewed the first month’s financial report and saw the benefits of his reforms and plans to develop Spirit Fields, breed Black Thorn Wild Boars, and cultivate Purple Stripe Ganodermas.
• Zhang Qingyuan patrolled the Moon Liên Islands, gave instructions to his subordinates, and left Elder Zhang Changyang to oversee its affairs.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered seclusion to deepen his understanding of water after his recent battles.
• Zhang Qingyuan cultivated beside the Spirit Spring Mouth for a month and broke through the One Origin Gui Water Scripture to its fourth layer.
• Zhang Qingyuan found that his Spirit Essence had grown stronger and believed he would soon reach the Half-step True Essence Realm.

Zhang Qingyuan’s cultivation method advanced to its fourth layer, clearing his path toward the Half-step True Essence Realm and bringing him closer to True Essence. After he declined the Zhang Family’s offer of full support for his Condensing True Pill ingredients, Zhang Changyang told him that the merchant fleet had been seized at sea.

• Zhang Qingyuan completed his seclusion after advancing the One Origin Gui Water Scripture to its fourth layer and resolved to seek the ingredients for a Condensing True Pill.
• Zhang Changyang sensed Zhang Qingyuan’s formidable presence and learned that his cultivation method, rather than his realm, had broken through.
• Zhang Qingyuan declined the Zhang Family’s offer of resources but asked them to help find the remaining Condensing True Pill ingredients.
• Zhang Changyang explained that the merchant fleet Zhang Qingyuan had organized for the Moon Liên Islands had been operating well until someone seized its ships and cargo.

After the Zhoushan Pirates blockaded the Moon Liên Islands, Zhang Qingyuan learned they were responsible and prepared to respond as fear and resentment spread among the stranded cultivators. At a pirate hideout, a bearded bandit complained that his True Essence Realm Third Brother had been sent to deal with Zhang Qingyuan, insisting he could handle the Island Master himself.

• Zhang Qingyuan learned from Zhang Changyang that the Zhoushan Eighteen Bandits had caused the trouble.
• The Zhoushan Pirates' month-long blockade stranded people and supplies in the Moon Liên Islands and prevented cultivators from leaving.
• Rogue cultivators feared a coming battle and criticized Zhang Qingyuan for refusing to seek help from the Cloud Water Sect.
• A bearded pirate at the Zhoushan hideout complained that the Third Brother had come under the Boss's orders, and claimed he could kill Zhang Qingyuan himself.

The Effeminate Man warned the Bearded Big Man about Zhang Qingyuan and discussed the Zhoushan Bandits’ growing troubles and plans to gather resources for a Condensing True Pill. A disguised attacker suddenly beheaded the Bearded Big Man, and the Effeminate Man retaliated with a powerful punch.

• The Effeminate Man explained that Zhang Qingyuan was a dangerous Cloud Water Sect Inner Sect Disciple and that a client had paid for his life.
• The Bearded Big Man dismissed the warning, accepted rare pill ingredients from the Effeminate Man, and said he would soon seek the remaining materials for a Condensing True Pill.
• The Effeminate Man revealed that powerful families and merchant guilds were beginning to threaten the Zhoushan Bandits as their influence grew.
• A servant boy brought tea to the Bearded Big Man, and the Effeminate Man realized the temporary camp should have no servant.
• A hidden attacker struck with Sword Light and beheaded the Bearded Big Man, prompting the furious Effeminate Man to punch toward the servant boy.

Zhang Qingyuan infiltrated Quicksand Island and confronted the Effeminate Man, matching his attacks despite appearing to be only at Ninth Stage Perfection. He unleashed his perfected Three Waves Covering the Sea against the True Essence Realm pirate, and their clash devastated the area and alerted the pirates across the island.

• Zhang Qingyuan revealed himself in the island hall and countered the Effeminate Man's attack with a wave-like force.
• The Effeminate Man recognized Zhang Qingyuan and demanded to know how he had bypassed the Outer Sea's restrictive Magic Arrays.
• Zhang Qingyuan kept his infiltration method to himself, then faced the Effeminate Man's full-force punch.
• Under pressure from the True Essence Realm opponent, Zhang Qingyuan's Three Waves Covering the Sea reached the Perfection Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan and the Effeminate Man's attacks collided, tearing apart the building and nearby landscape and alerting every pirate on Quicksand Island.

Pirates on Quicksand Island sensed the clash between Zhang Qingyuan and the Third Boss, whose battle had turned into a stalemate despite their difference in realms. When the Third Boss summoned his Natal Magic Tool, Zhang Qingyuan unleashed the Triple Sword Drawing Technique, leaving the strike’s result unknown.

• Pirates flew toward the island’s center after sensing the terrifying battle, while others stayed back or hesitated.
• Pirates arriving at the center saw Zhang Qingyuan, still in the Spirit Essence Realm, fighting evenly with the Third Boss.
• The Third Boss realized Zhang Qingyuan was using him to improve and feared that he would eventually lose.
• The Third Boss summoned his Heaven-Breaking Giant Spirit Halberd and sent it crashing toward Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Triple Sword Drawing Technique, and brilliant silver light erupted across the battlefield.

Zhang Qingyuan unleashed the Perfection Realm Sword Drawing Technique and shattered the Effeminate Man’s Natal Magic Treasure, leaving him vulnerable. Zhang Qingyuan pressed the attack and struck him down, with the Effeminate Man’s life force fading as the hill around him collapsed.

• Zhang Qingyuan gathered his full strength into the Sword Drawing Technique and unleashed three layers of peak Sword Momentum against the Effeminate Man’s Heaven-Breaking Giant Spirit Halberd.
• The collision created a devastating shockwave that ravaged Quicksand Island and cracked the Effeminate Man’s Natal Magic Treasure, injuring and dazing him.
• Zhang Qingyuan recovered enough strength to rush the dazed Effeminate Man and strike with Heavenly Eagle Hand.
• The Effeminate Man blocked the Heavenly Eagle Hand with a hastily formed True Essence Shield, but Zhang Qingyuan followed with Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist—Collapsing Mountain.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s punch caved in the Effeminate Man’s chest and hurled him into a hill, where his aura and life force began to fade.

After defeating the Zhoushan Pirates and rescuing captives on Quicksand Island, Zhang Qingyuan spent a month cultivating and broke through to the Half-step True Essence Realm. He planned to seek the remaining ingredients for a Condensing True Pill as news of his victory began spreading across the South Sea.

• Zhang Qingyuan recalled how he infiltrated Quicksand Island, killed two pirate leaders, and drove the other pirates to flee.
• Zhang Qingyuan rescued captured Moon Liên Islands cultivators and brought them home aboard a seized pirate ship.
• After a month of seclusion, Zhang Qingyuan broke through to the Half-step True Essence Realm and assessed his greatly increased strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan counted the five Condensing True Pill ingredients he had gathered and identified the three precious ingredients still missing.
• Escaped pirates began spreading news that Zhang Qingyuan had slain a True Essence Realm cultivator, stirring the South Sea.

After killing a True Essence Realm pirate, Zhang Qingyuan’s fame spread across the South Sea and drew attention to the Moon Liên Islands. As he emerged from seclusion and found the islands prospering, an old acquaintance, Senior Jiang, arrived to visit.

• Word spread that Zhang Qingyuan had killed the third of the Eighteen Great Pirates of Zhoushan in a direct fight while still at the Spirit Essence Realm.
• Rogue cultivators and envoys from nearby island factions flocked to the Moon Liên Islands, boosting trade and the islands’ economy.
• Zhang Changyang and the Zhang Family expanded production and sales of Black Thorn Wild Boars and Purple Stripe Ganoderma.
• After emerging from seclusion, Zhang Qingyuan learned how widely his battle and reputation had spread and accepted the attention with less resistance.
• Half a month later, Senior Jiang unexpectedly visited Zhang Qingyuan, who welcomed him in astonishment.

The former Great Elder of the Luoshui Jiang Family visited Zhang Qingyuan and invited him to a gathering on Fei Ling Island to discuss the growing threat of the Zhoushan Pirates. Zhang Qingyuan agreed to hear the alliance proposal, while the pirates’ attacks on powerful merchant caravans set the stage for the assembly.

• The Jiang Family Grand Elder reunited with Zhang Qingyuan and praised his rapid rise and ability to kill True Essence Realm cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan welcomed the elder to the Island Lord’s Mansion and thanked him for helping him view the Water Sword Immortal’s Sword Intent Post.
• A young Jiang Family disciple envied Zhang Qingyuan’s strength and status as they entered the great hall.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder explained that the Zhoushan Pirates had begun raiding merchant caravans backed by True Essence Realm forces.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder invited Zhang Qingyuan to Fei Ling Island to join the great islands’ leaders in discussing how to deal with the pirates.