Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan oversaw the Moon Liên Islands’ growing industries and developed his cultivation while preparing to refine the Condensing True Pill. With the pill ingredients ready and his Essence, Qi, and Spirit at their peak, he began refining it to prepare for a breakthrough into the True Essence Realm.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s allies wiped out the remaining Zhoushan Pirates, restoring peace and enabling trade to flourish around the Moon Liên Islands.
• The Black Thorn Wild Boar and Purple Stripe Ganoderma industries became major sources of income, and Zhang Qingyuan began experimenting with brewing wine.
• Zhang Qingyuan explored the Moon Liên Islands with Little White, found hidden spiritual resources and abandoned Spirit Fields, and expanded local production.
• After six months, Zhang Qingyuan’s sword comprehension advanced, his spiritual sense neared its peak, and the Flying Illusion Spirit Vine matured enough to refine the Condensing True Pill.
• Zhang Qingyuan began refining the pill beside the Spirit Spring Mouth and reached the final step of condensing its medicinal liquid.

Zhang Qingyuan successfully refined Condensing True Pills, broke through to become a Tiered Alchemist, and began his long-awaited advance to the True Essence Realm. While he secluded himself, the Moon Liên Islands prospered, but the war between the Cloud Water Sect and the Vast Sea Sect began spreading into the South Sea.

• Zhang Qingyuan refined three Condensing True Pills and used the experience to advance his spiritual sense into Divine Sense, becoming a Tiered Alchemist.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized that his cultivation had reached its peak and swallowed a Condensing True Pill to begin his breakthrough to the True Essence Realm.
• Zhang Changyang implemented Zhang Qingyuan's plans, and the Moon Liên Islands prospered through peaceful trade and rising income.
• The war between the Cloud Water Sect and the Vast Sea Sect escalated, as hostile True Essence Realm Cultivators slipped into the Inner Sea and spread the fighting.

Wounded Vast Sea Sect disciple Zeng Mingshi fled into the South Sea after plundering a merchant ship, only to be relentlessly hunted by a powerful group of cultivators. Meanwhile, Zhang Qingyuan remained in seclusion for over half a year, and the pressure from his breakthrough spread across the island.

• Zeng Mingshi escaped pursuit from the border waters after losing most of his supplies and suffering serious injuries.
• Zeng Mingshi attacked a merchant ship, killed everyone aboard, and took its supplies to recover.
• A group of seven True Essence Realm cultivators, including one at the Sixth Layer, pursued Zeng Mingshi across the South Sea.
• Vast Sea Sect cultivators stirred unrest across the South Sea through spying, piracy, and attacks on islands.
• Zhang Qingyuan remained motionless in seclusion for more than half a year as pressure from the Spirit Spring Mouth spread across the island.

Zhang Qingyuan's prolonged seclusion ended without any dramatic signs, leaving the Moon Liên Islands uncertain about his breakthrough. After another half year, he read reports of the escalating war and Yan Kuangtu's rise to fame as the strongest young genius of the two continents.

• Zhang Qingyuan's oppressive aura gradually faded after a year, but he remained secluded, worrying Zhang Changyang and the island's cultivators.
• Zhang Changyang continued managing the Moon Liên Islands while Zhang Qingyuan stayed secluded for two years.
• Reports described the expanding war between the two Great Sects, its mounting casualties, and the mobilization of forces across Yuzhou.
• Zhang Qingyuan read intelligence about Yan Kuangtu defeating powerful opponents and killing the Vast Sea Sect's leading genius at the Two Passes Arena.
• Yan Kuangtu's momentum advanced after the battle, and he was hailed as the foremost young prodigy of the two continents.

After two years of secluded cultivation, Zhang Qingyuan learned that Yan Kuangtu and other young cultivators had risen to fame in the war between the Cloud Water Sect and the Vast Sea Sect. He had broken through to the late stage of True Essence First Layer and looked forward to testing himself against the famous prodigies.

• Zhang Qingyuan learned from a Jade Slip that Yan Kuangtu, Bing Yuyao, Fu Qiaolei, and other cultivators had become prominent on the Cloud Sea Mountain Range battlefield.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that his earlier fame had faded and wondered whether the Vast Sea Sect knew he had killed two Zhoushan Pirates chieftains.
• Zhang Qingyuan assessed that he might soon be drawn into the war, but believed he now had enough strength to protect himself.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled that four Condensing True Pills and three hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones had helped him reach the late stage of True Essence First Layer after two years of cultivation.
• Zhang Qingyuan judged that his strength had caught up with the Ten Prodigies and looked forward to fighting Yan Kuangtu, Bing Yuyao, and Fu Qiaolei.

After breaking through to the True Essence Realm, Zhang Qingyuan stayed out of the public eye and focused on adapting to his increased power. After two months of training, he raised his control to seventy percent and turned to preparing his Natal Magic Treasure.

• Zhang Qingyuan declined a celebratory banquet after Zhang Changyang learned of his breakthrough, though Zhang Changyang sent the news to the Huainan Zhang Family.
• Zhang Qingyuan received fifty thousand ordinary Spirit Stones in profits from the Moon Liên Islands and decided to focus on cultivation rather than their affairs.
• Zhang Qingyuan discovered that his control over his transformed True Essence and Spiritual Sense had fallen below fifty percent, so he resolved to refine his techniques and martial arts.
• Zhang Qingyuan trained on a remote reef for two months, causing disturbances that alarmed the Moon Liên Islands’ residents until the Island Lord’s Mansion explained the cause.
• Zhang Qingyuan raised his power control to seventy percent, stopped training, and prepared to refine his Natal Magic Treasure.

Zhang Qingyuan searched the South Sea for materials to forge a Natal Magic Treasure but found the Outer Sea largely depleted and his cultivation stalled at a bottleneck. After receiving a Sect Mission to patrol for infiltrating Vast Sea Sect cultivators, he was invited by the Jiang Family Grand Elder to join forces.

• Zhang Qingyuan considered how to obtain a Natal Magic Treasure but decided against entering the war or exploring dangerous ruins for now.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent several months sea foraging in the Outer Sea, but found only ordinary materials and learned that its valuable resources had been largely exhausted.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to the Moon Liên Islands and concluded that the Inner Sea offered better resources but was too dangerous to explore without allies.
• Zhang Qingyuan discovered that his cultivation had stalled at a bottleneck after digesting his accumulated foundation.
• Peng Li warned Zhang Qingyuan that Vast Sea Sect True Essence Realm Early Stage cultivators had infiltrated the Zhoushan Sea Domain and asked him to patrol the area.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder asked Zhang Qingyuan to form an alliance and patrol together against cultivators from the Hostile Sect.

Zhang Qingyuan joined the Jiang Family Grand Elder, Sun Tianyu, and Wei Qingnan to discuss coordinating patrols against the Vast Sea Sect. After discovering Zhang Qingyuan had reached the True Essence Realm, the group considered taking a risk to hunt enemy cultivators for greater rewards.

• Zhang Qingyuan flew to the meeting place and greeted the Jiang Family Grand Elder, Sun Tianyu, and Wei Qingnan.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder, Sun Tianyu, and Wei Qingnan were astonished that Zhang Qingyuan had reached the True Essence Realm at such a young age.
• The group exchanged pleasantries and advice, growing closer as they treated Zhang Qingyuan as an equal.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder revealed that his family had found signs of True Essence Realm activity by likely Vast Sea Sect cultivators in a remote area at sea.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder proposed that the group risk hunting the Vast Sea Sect cultivators for greater rewards, and everyone present showed interest.

Zhang Qingyuan and three allies agreed to hunt suspected Vast Sea Sect infiltrators for Merit Points, then set out to find them. In the Ghost Triangle Sea Domain, Luo Guilong waited impatiently for Zeng Mingshi when an unknown voice answered that his confinement would probably end today.

• The Jiang Family Grand Elder proposed that the group attack two to five suspected Vast Sea Sect cultivators, and Sun Tianyu, Wei Qingnan, and Zhang Qingyuan agreed.
• The group planned to depart at once and make their move the following day.
• Luo Guilong hid in a cavern in the Ghost Triangle Sea Domain with two fellow Vast Sea Sect cultivators while they waited to receive Zeng Mingshi.
• Luo Guilong left the cavern to get some air and lamented that their mission could not end until Zeng Mingshi contacted them.
• A clear voice spoke behind Luo Guilong and said his days of waiting would probably end today.

Zhang Qingyuan and three allies surrounded a hidden group of Vast Sea Sect cultivators on Rocky Island, and Zhang severely injured Luo Guilong before the battle began. Outnumbered and trapped, Luo Guilong ordered his companions to split up and escape as the fighting erupted.

• Zhang Qingyuan ambushed Luo Guilong with a single punch, shattering his defense and hurling him into a rocky hill.
• Luo Guilong warned the island, and two Vast Sea Sect cultivators emerged from the sea to defend him.
• Wei Qingnan praised Zhang Qingyuan for detecting and bypassing the hidden warning arrays beneath the water.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder questioned the three unfamiliar cultivators and recognized that they were outnumbered by four opponents.
• Luo Guilong ordered his companions to break through in separate directions while he stayed behind, and the battle began.

Luo Guilong used his Yin Yang Yuan Ci treasure to break the Jiang Family Grand Elder’s attack, then abandoned his companions and fled. He attacked Zhang Qingyuan to clear his escape route, leaving Zhang facing the deadly strike.

• The Jiang Family Grand Elder attacked Luo Guilong and his companions with a powerful true essence palm, but Luo Guilong’s Yin Yang Yuan Ci beads pierced through it and injured the elder.
• Luo Guilong fled without warning, leaving his two companions to face attacks from the Jiang Family Grand Elder, Sun Tianyu, and Wei Qingnan.
• Luo Guilong chose Zhang Qingyuan as his escape route, judging him to be the weakest cultivator and the only one left without support.
• Luo Guilong unleashed the Yin Yang Yuan Ci treasure’s destructive beam at Zhang Qingyuan, intending to kill him while breaking through the encirclement.
• Luo Guilong’s history revealed that he had conspired with pirates to destroy a fellow disciple’s family and steal the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Mu.

Zhang Qingyuan countered Luo Guilong’s Yin-Yang Yuan Magnetic Divine Light with his Triple Sword Drawing Technique, then used his movement skill to launch a sudden attack. The strike passed through Luo Guilong, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• The Jiang Family Grand Elder warned Zhang Qingyuan as Luo Guilong’s Primordial Magnetic Divine Light bore down on him.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed the Triple Sword Drawing Technique and clashed with the attack in an explosion that shattered the rocky island and shook the fighters nearby.
• The Jiang Family Grand Elder, Sun Tianyu, and Wei Qingnan watched in shock as Zhang Qingyuan matched Luo Guilong’s technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan retreated from the clash, used Wind Cloud Formless Body to vanish, and reappeared before Luo Guilong.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s silver strike passed through Luo Guilong’s body.

Zhang Qingyuan killed Luo Guilong and claimed the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Mu after learning that its refinement as a Natal Magic Treasure had greatly diminished its value. He and the Jiang Family Grand Elder’s group divided the spoils and left the Ghost Triangle Sea Domain with the bodies and a Recording Stone.

• Zhang Qingyuan decapitated the severely wounded Luo Guilong with a single sword, and the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Mu fell with its master.
• Zhang Qingyuan retrieved the two beads, and the Jiang Family Grand Elder explained their rare origins and why they were now nearly useless to anyone else.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked to keep the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Mu as his spoils, and the Jiang Family Grand Elder and the others agreed.
• The group divided the loot from the three slain cultivators, with Zhang Qingyuan receiving eight hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones and three Natal Magic Tools.
• Zhang Qingyuan and the others took the Recording Stone and the corpses and departed the Ghost Triangle Sea Domain.

Two months after completing their patrol, Zhang Qingyuan tested whether his newly unlocked Decomposition Furnace could remove the spiritual imprint and natal heartblood from Natal Magic Treasures. The test succeeded on Luo Guilong’s Yin Yang Yuan Ci Beads, though it consumed a large amount of Zhang Qingyuan’s divine sense.

• Zhang Qingyuan and his companions turned in the heads of three Vast Sea Sect True Essence Realm Cultivators, collected their merit rewards, and finished their compulsory service.
• After parting from the group, Zhang Qingyuan took three captured Natal Magic Treasures and examined the new Decomposition Furnace page on his Proficiency Panel.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Decomposition Furnace on Luo Guilong’s Yin Yang Yuan Ci Beads, and a huge portion of his divine sense was drained.
• The Yin Yang Yuan Ci Beads expelled several drops of crimson blood and regained their dazzling light, leaving Zhang Qingyuan pale but overjoyed.

Zhang Qingyuan realized the Proficiency Panel could restore discarded Natal Magic Treasures, offering him a potential fortune, but he resolved to keep the ability secret and wait for the right opportunity. He chose not to refine the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Bead as his Natal Magic Treasure, instead keeping it as an ordinary Dharma Treasure to study its Yin Yang Magnetism Force.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized he could cleanse the residual contamination in damaged Natal Magic Treasures and restore their power, making them valuable again.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to keep this ability secret and avoid risky trades until the time was right.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered visiting the Cloud Sea Mountain Range to acquire discarded Natal Magic Treasures from the battlefield, but postponed the trip until he needed further growth.
• Zhang Qingyuan weighed whether to refine the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Bead as his Natal Magic Treasure and decided to keep using it as an ordinary Dharma Treasure because it did not suit his Cultivation System.
• Zhang Qingyuan stored the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Bead in his dantian and planned to study its Yin Yang Magnetism Force.

Zhang Qingyuan refined three Dharma Treasures, grew close to a cultivation breakthrough, and hurried back toward the Moon Liên Islands. Half a day from his destination, he dodged an ambush by Zeng Mingshi and recognized the Vast Sea Sect wanted man as his attacker.

• Zhang Qingyuan refined the Moon Gold Wheel and jade bottle Dharma Treasures, discovering their formidable attack and water-controlling abilities.
• Zhang Qingyuan found that he could refine Essence of Gui Water faster and that his recent battle had loosened his bottleneck at True Essence First Layer Late Stage.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to return to the Moon Liên Islands before attempting to break through to True Essence First Layer perfection.
• Zhang Qingyuan was planning his next cultivation steps when he sensed danger and evaded Zeng Mingshi's beam attack with Wind Cloud Formless Body.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized Zeng Mingshi from the Cloud Water Sect's wanted notices and became wary of the bounty on him.

Zhang Qingyuan pursued Zeng Mingshi after the attacker tried to flee, and the two fought to a draw with powerful techniques. Zeng Mingshi was left grim-faced, while the chapter ended with the author apologizing for missed updates and describing difficulties plotting the story.

• Zeng Mingshi tried to flee after attacking Zhang Qingyuan, but Zhang pursued him, determined to learn why he had been targeted.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Bead to trap Zeng Mingshi in a magnetic field, but Zeng broke free.
• Zhang Qingyuan struck with Three Waves Covering the Sea, forcing Zeng to counter with a thunderous Void-Born Talisman.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Zeng Mingshi’s attacks collided in a devastating blast, and both staggered back without gaining an advantage.
• The author apologized for missing promised updates and explained that indecision over the plot had made writing difficult.

Zhang Qingyuan and Zeng Mingshi pretended to reconcile, then attacked each other at the same time when neither trusted the other. Their battle resumed in full force, with Zhang Qingyuan wielding his sword against Zeng Mingshi’s many talisman attacks.

• Zeng Mingshi apologized for attacking Zhang Qingyuan and offered him a Yellow Tier Formation Breaking Talisman to make peace.
• Zhang Qingyuan pretended to accept Zeng Mingshi’s apology, but they both launched surprise attacks as they approached.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Zeng Mingshi recognized that neither had believed the other’s offer of reconciliation.
• Zhang Qingyuan questioned why Zeng Mingshi was trying to kill him and why Zeng’s whereabouts carried a heavy reward, but Zeng gave no explanation.
• Zeng Mingshi summoned a mass of talismans as Zhang Qingyuan drew his Silver Shadow Longsword, and they resumed their battle.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Zeng Mingshi across the sea for over half an hour, matching the higher-realm cultivator through his abundant True Essence and efficient combat. As Zeng Mingshi unleashed a blood talisman that locked onto Zhang Qingyuan, Zhang deployed all three of his Dharma Treasures to defend himself.

• Zhang Qingyuan and Zeng Mingshi battled across dozens of li, their attacks shattering rocky islands and driving merchant ships away.
• Zeng Mingshi grew alarmed when Zhang Qingyuan showed little sign of exhausting his True Essence, unaware of the strength and efficiency provided by Zhang Qingyuan's One Origin Gui Water Scripture.
• Zeng Mingshi decided to end the fight quickly and unleashed a barrage of talismans before drawing a blood talisman with his heart's blood.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed the deadly attack locking onto him, shattered the remaining talismans, and activated the Yin Yang Yuan Ci Bead, Jade Purification Vase, and Moon Gold Wheel to protect himself.

Zhang Qingyuan and Zeng Mingshi unleashed their strongest attacks in a battle that destroyed two of Zhang Qingyuan’s Dharma Treasures. Zeng Mingshi believed he had killed Zhang Qingyuan, but a thin beam of light pierced his head from the bloody clouds.

• Zeng Mingshi sacrificed his own foundation to empower his Blood Talisman and summon a massive Blood Qi Dragon.
• Zhang Qingyuan poured his True Essence into his three Dharma Treasures and sent the Moon Gold Wheel against the dragon.
• The Blood Qi Dragon shattered the Moon Gold Wheel and Jade Purification Vase, but its power rapidly weakened.
• The dragon’s remaining force erupted around Zhang Qingyuan, while Zeng Mingshi drained his True Essence and fell onto the sea.
• Zeng Mingshi laughed, believing Zhang Qingyuan was dead, until a beam of light pierced his head from the bloody clouds.