Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan stabilized his cultivation at Ninth Stage Early Peak and planned to hide his improved strength during the coming battle. He unlocked the Jade Slip left by the Water Sword Immortal, but its contents quickly made him frown.

• Zhang Qingyuan reached Ninth Stage Early Peak after months of cultivating with Breath Soil, though his deep foundation kept him from advancing to the Mid-phase.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to conceal his increased combat power and prepare for the coming battle while avoiding attention.
• Zhang Qingyuan remembered the Jade Slip from the Water Sword Immortal and considered the old guardian’s warning that studying it had stalled his cultivation for a century.
• Zhang Qingyuan resolved that the Water Sword Immortal’s path would not change his commitment to the Five Elements Great Dao and broke the Jade Slip’s restriction with his divine sense.
• Zhang Qingyuan read the Jade Slip’s contents and knitted his brows tightly.

After failing to understand the Jade Slip despite three months of secluded study, Zhang Qingyuan left for Tianheng Island to meet the Sect’s summons and prepare for the coming war. He arrived on time and tried to keep a low profile, unaware that a powerful Elder had already sensed him.

• Zhang Qingyuan emerged from seclusion with nine days left before the summons deadline, reassured Zhang Changyang, and set out for Tianheng Island.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on his failure to comprehend the Jade Slip and resolved to focus on the coming battle while concealing his strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan reached Tianheng Island on the fifth day and registered with the Sect.
• Zhang Qingyuan met with fellow disciples of Daoist Ming Shui’s lineage and learned about the war, the forces involved, and the Cave True Great Power Elder stationed on the island.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to his temporary residence intending to stay unnoticed, but the Elder had already sensed his presence.

Daoist Ming Xin observed Zhang Qingyuan’s low-key behavior while preparing for the coming war against the Sea Clan. After half a month of organizing the gathered forces on Tianheng Island, the battle began.

• Daoist Ming Xin watched Zhang Qingyuan and admired how little he cared for fame, while his disciple Ziyang failed to understand his remarks.
• Daoist Ming Xin discussed the Sea Clan’s movements as Tianheng Island prepared to face their advancing forces.
• Zhang Qingyuan kept his identity and residence hidden, hoping to avoid attention and stay safe during the war.
• Over half a month, the Cloud Water Sect organized more than a million cultivators into units and offered rewards for fighting and killing enemies.
• The gathered forces finished their preparations, and the war against the Sea Clan began.

Zhang Qingyuan fought a powerful Sea Clan Grand Priestess on the frontline while monitoring the wider battle and waiting to learn whether the sect's Cave True Great Power had entered the fray. He continued to suppress his opponent only slightly, leaving the frontline battle unresolved.

• The Sea Clan Army clashed with more than a million cultivators advancing from Tianheng Island, and Zhang Qingyuan killed a Sea Clan Warrior who was about to stab a True Essence Realm cultivator from behind.
• The rescued cultivator thanked Zhang Qingyuan, then resumed fighting his Sea Clan opponent while reflecting on how small his strength seemed compared with the battlefield's strongest combatants.
• Zhang Qingyuan fought the Burly Sea Clan Man, deflecting his enormous fireball with a vast surge of sword shadows imbued with Water Elemental True Power.
• The Sea Clan Expert grew frustrated as Zhang Qingyuan repeatedly neutralized his attacks, while Zhang Qingyuan monitored the battlefield and watched the blood-red clouds over the Sea Clan headquarters.
• Zhang Qingyuan wondered whether the sect's Cave True Great Power had acted, as he continued his drawn-out fight against the Grand Priestess without quickly defeating her.

Zhang Qingyuan held back while fighting the Sea Race Grand Priest, wary that an unknown force might be behind the Sea Clan’s assault on Tianheng Island. Meanwhile, blood-robed figures watched the battle from the abandoned Sea Race camp and discussed their arrival in Yuzhou through an Intercontinental Teleportation Array.

• Zhang Qingyuan reasoned that the sect’s Cave True Great Powers would decide the war and suspected an unknown disturbance among the Sea Clan’s leaders.
• Zhang Qingyuan kept his strength concealed while frustrating the Sea Race Grand Priest and supporting other battlefronts with occasional sword strikes.
• The enraged Sea Race Grand Priest swallowed a Blood Red Pill and attacked with power comparable to the True Essence Ninth Layer.
• Zhang Qingyuan used flowing, vortex-like force to disperse most of the Grand Priest’s attack and calmly admonished him to be less hot-tempered.
• Several blood-robed figures watched from the empty Sea Race Main Camp, and one told a senior brother that their Teleportation Array had brought them to Yuzhou, where they could obtain Blood Fiend Power.

The Blood Saint Sect’s members decided to exploit the war by secretly gathering Blood Fiend Power and capturing local geniuses. As the battle raged, Daoist Ming Xin and an aged Sea Clan figure set out toward an unknown disturbance, while the bloody shadows preyed on wounded cultivators.

• The Blood Robe Man warned his fellow Blood Saint Sect members to conceal their presence while collecting Blood Fiend Power from the battlefield.
• A junior disciple proposed creating Blood God Puppets from local geniuses, and the Blood Robe Man allowed the group to act so long as they revealed nothing about themselves.
• Daoist Ming Xin sensed that the blood-light omen was not simply the remnants of the Abyssal Demons and departed Tianheng Island.
• An aged Sea Clan figure left the main camp, intending to stop Daoist Ming Xin from acting as he pleased.
• The battle had raged for three days and three nights, and several bloody shadows secretly ambushed wounded True Essence Realm cultivators and collected their corpses.

The Blood Robe Man killed a human cultivator and a Sea Clan Warrior, then learned that Zhang Qingyuan was on the battlefield and went to hunt him for use as a Blood God Puppet. Meanwhile, Zhang Qingyuan easily broke the Sea Race Grand Priestess’s attacks as she desperately raised her strength and launched another assault.

• The Blood Robe Man ambushed and killed a True Essence Realm human cultivator and a Sea Clan Warrior, then took their corpses to make Blood God Puppets.
• The Blood Robe Man extracted information from the human corpse and learned that Zhang Qingyuan was a rare genius nearby.
• The Blood Robe Man set off to capture Zhang Qingyuan, dismissing the danger posed by his strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan continued helping human cultivators on the battlefield while the Sea Race Grand Priestess raised her strength to True Essence Ninth Layer Early Stage.
• Zhang Qingyuan dodged the Grand Priestess’s void-chain attacks and shattered them with sword strikes.
• The Sea Race Grand Priestess discarded her staff, gathered her remaining power, and punched at Zhang Qingyuan.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated the Sea Race Grand Priestess with a precise strike, then discovered that Li Tianchou had been watching him. Li Tianchou revealed his plan to turn Zhang into a Blood God Puppet and prepared to attack with four High-grade Dharma Treasure swords and a defensive bell.

• Zhang Qingyuan pierced the weakness in the Sea Race Grand Priestess's power and killed her with one strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan noticed Li Tianchou hiding in the void and called him out.
• Li Tianchou praised Zhang Qingyuan's physique, soul, and True Essence as ideal for making a Blood God Puppet, and mentioned the Nine Continents Continent.
• Li Tianchou summoned four High-grade Dharma Treasure longswords that sealed the surrounding space in blood-red power.
• Li Tianchou brought out a defensive blood-colored bell and said he would kill Zhang Qingyuan before refining him.

Li Tianchou ambushed Zhang Qingyuan with the Four Evils Blood Slaughter Formation, seeking to finish him before the battle drew notice. Zhang Qingyuan’s strongest techniques challenged the formation, and the chapter ended as his Buddha Kingdom in Palm met Li Tianchou’s Blood Sun Divine Wheel.

• Li Tianchou trapped Zhang Qingyuan inside the Four Evils Blood Slaughter Formation and unleashed its power.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked with Qian Yuan One Finger, but Li Tianchou’s Blood River Bell blocked the strike without injuring him.
• Li Tianchou summoned the Blood Sun Divine Wheel and sent it crashing toward Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed Buddha Kingdom in Palm to confront the Blood Sun Divine Wheel.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated Li Tianchou inside the Four Evils Blood Slaughter Formation by concealing a lethal Sword Pellet within a sweeping sword attack. With Li Tianchou dead, Zhang Qingyuan remained in the sealed formation space.

• Li Tianchou's Blood Sun Meteor collided with Zhang Qingyuan's Buddha Kingdom in Palm, and both fighters staggered from the impact.
• Li Tianchou gathered the formation's blood-sea power for another attack, believing Zhang Qingyuan's strength and defenses would not last.
• Zhang Qingyuan launched a vast Sword Light at Li Tianchou, who trusted his Blood River Bell and chose to take the strike without evading.
• A concealed Sword Pellet pierced through the Blood River Bell and Li Tianchou's chest, killing him.
• Zhang Qingyuan retrieved the Sword Pellet and reflected that Li Tianchou's confidence in his defensive treasure had made the trap work.

Zhang Qingyuan killed Li Tianchou, took his treasures, and fled after sensing an unexplained danger. A blood-robed figure arrived at the battlefield moments later.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s sword and concealed attack overcame Li Tianchou’s Blood River Bell and killed him, causing the sword formation to collapse.
• Zhang Qingyuan collected Li Tianchou’s four High-grade Dharma Treasure swords and considered analyzing the sword formation to strengthen his own techniques.
• Zhang Qingyuan searched Li Tianchou’s corpse and took his Storage Ring, damaged Blood River Bell, and mysterious storage bag.
• Zhang Qingyuan wondered whether Li Tianchou came from the Outer Continent and whether his belongings could help him reach it.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed imminent danger and escaped through the water using his Water Intent.
• A blood-robed figure arrived at the battlefield, wearing a robe like Li Tianchou’s.

After killing Li Tianchou, Zhang Qingyuan escaped the Blood Robe Man’s powerful ally and returned safely to headquarters, where he hid in a Secret Chamber to recover. He inventoried the Blood Robe Man’s rich haul and found diaries among the Jade Slips.

• The Blood Robe Man found Li Tianchou’s corpse, contacted his Fellow Sect Members with a blood-colored Jade Talisman, and left carrying the body.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed a terrifying Aura approaching the battlefield and fled through the sea, using his mastery of Water Intent and Water Momentum to evade pursuit.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to the rear headquarters, submitted the Sea Race Grand Priestess’s corpse as proof of his mission, and requested a Secret Chamber to recover.
• Zhang Qingyuan counted the Blood Robe Man’s possessions, finding eight High-grade Spirit Stones, four high-grade Magic Swords, the Blood River Bell, and a bag that could nurture Dharma Treasures with Blood Fiend Power.
• Zhang Qingyuan discovered Jade Slips containing the Four Evils Blood Slaughter Formation, other techniques, and the Blood Robe Man’s diaries.

Zhang Qingyuan learned from the Blood Robe Man’s diary that the Blood Demon Sect had come from the Nine Provinces Continent through an Intercontinental Teleportation Array, and that cultivation in Yuzhou and Haizhou might be flawed. He began comparing three foreign cultivation methods to find what was missing, while the war outside grew increasingly brutal.

• Zhang Qingyuan discovered that the Blood Robe Man and his companions belonged to the Blood Demon Sect and had traded secret techniques with the Sea Clan.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered finding the Intercontinental Teleportation Array as a route to the Nine Provinces Continent, but recognized the Blood Demon Sect cultivators as potential obstacles.
• Zhang Qingyuan became concerned by Xu Su’s claim that cultivation in the Lost Lands was flawed and resolved to identify the missing part before leaving hidden dangers in his foundation.
• Zhang Qingyuan read three cultivation methods from the Blood Robe Man’s Storage Ring and used the Great Evolution Technique to compare them with local methods.
• The war intensified, and the battlefield became a grinding field of flesh and blood as deaths mounted.

As the battlefield grew bloodier and the great powers of both sides faced off, Zhang Qingyuan discovered the flaw in Yuzhou’s cultivation methods: they neglected to cultivate spirit alongside qi. After deducing and mastering a method to unite Essence, Qi, and Spirit, he emerged with far greater control over his power.

• Daoist Ming Xin and a Sea Clan Cave True Realm expert confronted each other across the battlefield, warping the sky with their auras.
• After half a month of study, Zhang Qingyuan used the Great Evolution Technique to identify how Nine Continents cultivators strengthened their divine sense while cultivating qi.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that this cultivation practice could help him unify his Essence, Qi, and Spirit and improve his control over his power.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent five days deducing a method to connect the Three Treasures, then three days cultivating it successfully.
• Zhang Qingyuan felt Essence, Qi, and Spirit form a cycle within him, giving him unprecedented clarity and precise control over his True Essence.

After repairing his cultivation flaws, Zhang Qingyuan weighed how to deal with the Blood Demon Sect cultivators lurking near the battlefield. A Cave True expert then attacked the headquarters, forcing Zhang Qingyuan and the other cultivators to flee as the battle’s shockwaves caught up with them.

• Zhang Qingyuan considered reporting the Blood Demon Sect cultivators but decided he would rather gather fellow disciples and set a trap for them.
• A tremendous explosion shook the headquarters and tore a huge hole through its defensive formation.
• Zhang Qingyuan saw a Cave True expert attack through the breach and fled before the clash began.
• The Cave True experts’ collision sent a devastating shockwave across the area, injuring Zhang Qingyuan as he tried to escape.

Zhang Qingyuan escaped the devastating aftershock of a battle between Cave True experts by using an earth-escape method he had developed with the Breath Soil. He fled the battlefield, shaken by the gulf in power, as reinforcements from the Sect arrived.

• A collision between powerful experts unleashed an aftershock that destroyed an island and devastated the surrounding sea, forcing Zhang Qingyuan to dive toward the seabed.
• Zhang Qingyuan used his understanding of the Breath Soil and Thick Earth Momentum to travel beneath the seabed and escape the blast, though he emerged injured and shaken.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that even his achievements and impending advance toward Cave True meant little before such overwhelming power, and he decided not to risk observing the battle.
• As Zhang Qingyuan fled, he wondered why a Sea Clan Cave True expert had attacked the headquarters and damaged its defensive formation.
• Half an hour later, Zhang Qingyuan sensed Sect Cave True experts racing from the Yuzhou continent toward the battlefield.

After fleeing from the Cave True Realm battle, Zhang Qingyuan hunted a True Essence Ninth Layer crab Demonic Beast in a remote sea. He found no Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures around it, as with the other beasts he had encountered, and realized something was wrong while still lost in the vast ocean.

• Zhang Qingyuan escaped a thousand li from the Cave True Realm battle and resolved to keep pursuing greater strength.
• After ten days of fleeing, Zhang Qingyuan fought and killed a giant crab Demonic Beast over the sea.
• Zhang Qingyuan took the crab’s Demon Core and stored its corpse for its valuable materials.
• Zhang Qingyuan searched the seabed but found no Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures guarded by the crab.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that several Demonic Beasts in the sea had guarded no treasures and that he had lost his bearings without encountering an inhabited island.

Lost at sea after escaping the battlefield, Zhang Qingyuan followed a Sea Clan ship to an island and learned that the Sect had won the war. A Soul Search revealed that he had drifted to the edge of the deep-sea region, leaving him in a difficult position.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized he was lost in a forbidden sea region and flew onward in the sun's general direction.
• After three days, Zhang Qingyuan detected spiritual energy and secretly followed a battered Sea Clan squad to its island.
• Zhang Qingyuan observed the Sea Clan's subdued return and suspected that they had lost the war.
• After nightfall, Zhang Qingyuan captured a Sea Clan warrior and used Soul Search to learn that the Sect had won.
• Zhang Qingyuan discovered that he had fled to the edge of the deep-sea region and grimly recognized his predicament.

Zhang Qingyuan hid in the Deep Sea Zone while the defeated Sea Clan forces returned, then spotted two injured Blood Demon Sect cultivators and followed them to Five-Finger Island. After they secretly entered the island and disappeared, he wondered what had happened and sank underwater to investigate.

• Zhang Qingyuan decided to hide until the returning Sea Clan forces passed, and he considered but rejected investigating Five-Finger Island because the Blood Demon Sect cultivators there were too powerful.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed two Blood Demon Sect cultivators flying past, recognized one as the half-step Cave True cultivator, and noticed that both were injured.
• Zhang Qingyuan followed the cultivators to Five-Finger Island, where they concealed their auras and entered an unknown place without alerting the Sea Clan settlers.
• Zhang Qingyuan questioned why the Blood Demon Sect cultivators were acting cautiously and sank underwater to investigate.

After escaping a disastrous battle, Blood Demon Sect cultivators Hu Dong'an and Shi Mengduo recovered at a hidden stronghold before heading toward the Intercontinental Teleportation Array. As they neared their destination, an unseen attacker ambushed them.

• Hu Dong'an and Shi Mengduo discussed how the Barbarian Clan had turned on them and suspected that hidden forces and old adversaries had orchestrated the ambush.
• Shi Mengduo vowed revenge on Zhang Qingyuan for killing Li Tianchou and on those who had disrupted their plans.
• The two Blood Demon Sect cultivators left Five-Finger Island after one day and traveled toward the Intercontinental Teleportation Array.
• Three days later, Hu Dong'an recognized a reef marking their route and said they were close to the array.
• As Hu Dong'an and Shi Mengduo descended toward the reef, Shi Mengduo sensed danger and realized they were being ambushed.