Chapter Summaries

Jin Yuanhao tried to get back at Bai Yang and Wang Qingyu by driving up auction prices, but Wang Qingyu turned his anger against him and won a diamond-studded lighter cheaply. Bai Yang later tried to buy back the jadeite he had donated for charity, then let Jin Yuanhao outbid him, and the auction ended with more than $1.38 billion raised.

• Jin Yuanhao bid the price of a lighter up to $1 million to spite Bai Yang and Wang Qingyu, but Wang Qingyu stopped bidding and left him with the purchase.
• Wang Qingyu won a Gold Casing with Diamonds lighter for $50,000 after Jin Yuanhao hesitated until the auctioneer closed the sale.
• Wang Qingyu paid for the lighter, which Bai Yang inspected and kept.
• Bai Yang bid $50 million for the Small Jade Stick he had donated, but Jin Yuanhao raised the bid to $60 million, and Bai Yang gave up.
• The auction concluded with charitable donations totaling $1,384,520,000.

After the auction, Bai Yang defended himself against Jin Yuanhao’s bodyguards, then returned to his suite and spent the night with Wang Qingyu. He later flew to a deserted island with the White Jade Cup, where its golden dragon emerged and confronted the dragon summoned by Bai Yang’s Golden Light.

• Jin Yuanhao tried to befriend Bai Yang and provoked him by biting the Small Jade Stick, but Bai Yang ignored him and kicked away both bodyguards when they attacked.
• Bai Yang and Wang Qingyu returned to their suite, where they became intimate after she finished showering.
• Bai Yang left his sleeping wife and flew off the cruise ship, while Jin Yuanhao called someone to investigate him and the White Jade Cup disappeared from Jin Yuanhao’s room.
• A red-haired hacker monitored the cruise ship’s surveillance feeds, discovered more than a hundred suspicious people, and realized he had uncovered a major scheme.
• Bai Yang reached a deserted island with the White Jade Cup, whose golden dragon emerged and faced the enormous dragon formed from Bai Yang’s Golden Light.

Bai Yang’s Imperial Dragon Qi devoured the White Jade Cup’s Dragon Qi, and he returned to the cruise ship before spending the next days with Wang Qingyu. As the ship sailed into international waters, Jin Yuanhao plotted against Bai Yang while a red-haired young man warned Brother Lang that a major threat was aboard.

• Bai Yang watched his three-thousand-meter Imperial Dragon Qi defeat and devour the White Jade Cup’s smaller dragon, then returned the now-ordinary cup to Jin Yuanhao.
• Bai Yang returned to his room, where Wang Qingyu was still asleep, and stayed with her as she recovered over the following day.
• Two days later, Jin Yuanhao learned his people could not uncover Bai Yang’s identity and decided to handle his grudge himself.
• The red-haired young man found more than a thousand suspicious people aboard the cruise ship and feared they were plotting something while the vessel was in international waters.
• The red-haired young man called Brother Lang for help and urged him to ask Bai Yang to intervene.

Fox sought Bai Yang’s help after uncovering a plot against the luxury cruise ship, but Bai Yang revealed that he already knew about the armed hijackers and the bombs. He warned that a greater natural disaster threatened the ship, and the chapter ended as gunfire erupted nearby.

• Fox persuaded Old Wolf to contact Bai Yang about a suspected attack on the cruise ship.
• Bai Yang told Old Wolf that he was aboard the ship and invited Fox to meet him in his suite.
• Fox arrived and warned Bai Yang that the ship faced danger, while Bai Yang tried to recruit him for a laboratory.
• Bai Yang revealed that thousands of armed people and bombs threatened the ship, then warned Fox of an even greater natural disaster expected within five hours.
• A gunshot and scream sounded in the corridor, and Fox drew a pistol as Bai Yang appeared with a Barrett.

Bai Yang and Fox faced an armed takeover of their cruise ship, but Bai Yang stayed unconcerned and used his hidden weapons to defend their room. After Fox saw the hijackers’ ransom demands online, Bai Yang told him to stay put and again asked him to work for him.

• Armed men stormed the cruise ship, seized passengers, and killed anyone who resisted.
• Bai Yang revealed a Barrett and Gatling gun to Fox, then fired the Gatling through the doorway and gave Fox an AK.
• Wang Qingyu briefly asked what was happening, and Bai Yang reassured her before she returned to reading.
• Bai Yang rejected Fox’s calls to alert the government, saying he would only act if the hijackers targeted him.
• Bai Yang fired at thirteen men outside the room, and Fox checked the internet and found the hijackers’ demands for nuclear bombs, gold, and prisoners.
• Bai Yang told Fox he was safe with him and pressed him for an answer about working for him.

A worldwide hostage crisis erupted after hijackers seized a cruise ship carrying thousands of Huaxia citizens, including Bai Yang. Huaxia’s leaders enlisted Bai Yang to help, and he was already fighting the hijackers when the top official called him.

• The hijackers’ letter and footage spread around the world, while Huaxia’s authorities suppressed the news from the public.
• Qiu Guorong reported that 9,643 Huaxia nationals were aboard and revealed that Bai Yang and Qingyu were among them.
• Huaxia’s top official rejected the hijackers’ demands, arranged a joint rescue effort, and decided to ask Bai Yang for help.
• After more than a hundred hijackers died on the top deck, the others sent another force to find the person responsible.
• Bai Yang fired a Gatling gun through a wall to mow down hijackers approaching his room, leaving Fox stunned.
• The top official called Bai Yang and asked him to help, and Bai Yang agreed.

Bai Yang waited aboard the hijacked cruise ship for Huaxia’s paratroopers while the government prepared to livestream its rescue operation to other countries. The operation was about to begin as Fox uncovered the scale of the international military response.

• Jin Yuanhao was selected from the hostages and executed after pleading for his life.
• Bai Yang learned from the boss that Huaxia’s paratroopers would arrive in half an hour and that the assault would be livestreamed to participating countries.
• Fox hacked into a joint task force server and discovered that several countries were sending warships and aircraft carriers toward the cruise ship.
• Bai Yang explained that the international response was driven by the hijackers’ threats, the fight against terrorism, and competition between countries.
• Huaxia began livestreaming its planned assault, and a Huaxian diplomat announced the operation’s preparations and claimed a ninety percent chance of success.

After the hijackers were captured, Bai Yang learned that an undersea earthquake and tsunami threatened more than ten thousand people aboard the cruise ship, leaving him to find a way to save them. As he began considering his options, Wang Qingyu suggested that Su Xishui might have feelings for him, which Bai Yang emphatically denied.

• Bai Yang watched other countries rush to claim credit after his actions had made it easy to retake the cruise ship.
• Su Xishui arrived with her team and reported that she had been ordered to follow Bai Yang's instructions.
• Bai Yang's boss explained that researchers had detected shifting ocean-floor plates and an inevitable tsunami, and asked him to help get everyone safely ashore.
• Bai Yang told Su Xishui to maintain order and disregard the now-harmless bombs, then struggled to find a way to protect the passengers.
• Wang Qingyu comforted Bai Yang, then suggested Su Xishui had feelings for him, which Bai Yang rejected as impossible.

Bai Yang and those aboard the cruise ship witnessed a catastrophic seabed collapse trigger a massive tsunami, while governments scrambled to withdraw their forces and prepare for disaster. As the towering wave approached, Su Xishui and Wang Qingyu looked to Bai Yang for help.

• Bai Yang warned Wang Qingyu not to be surprised, and the sea erupted with fleeing fish and seabirds as disaster approached.
• Su Xishui asked Bai Yang what to do, and he told her to keep the cruise ship's passengers orderly.
• Foreign governments ordered their military forces to withdraw after satellite footage revealed signs of a coming earthquake and tsunami, while China relied on preparations made after Bai Yang's warning.
• Tectonic shelves collided, the seabed collapsed, and the resulting ocean depression dragged nearby warships and aircraft carriers toward its center.
• The sea surged back in a towering tsunami that destroyed the trapped fleets and rushed toward the cruise ship.
• Su Xishui asked Bai Yang if they were going to die, while Wang Qingyu looked to him, believing he might have a way to save them.

Bai Yang used the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner to shield the cruise ship and flew out to confront the tsunami. He evaporated a huge section of its first wave with a wall of fire, while Wang Qingyu watched from the ship.

• Bai Yang used Psychic Power to put nearly everyone aboard the cruise ship to sleep, leaving Wang Qingyu awake with him.
• Bai Yang flew Wang Qingyu to the observation deck and planted the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner in the cruise ship, sealing the area around it and freezing the seawater.
• Bai Yang flew away from the ship to intercept the approaching tsunami while Wang Qingyu stayed inside the banner's protected area.
• Bai Yang conjured a towering wall of fire that evaporated seawater and carved a large gap in the tsunami's first wave.

Bai Yang protected the cruise ship from nine tsunami waves by burning gaps through them, despite his injury and blood loss. As he reunited with Wang Qingyu, governments worldwide launched missiles against the advancing disaster, but the tsunami continued toward shore.

• Bai Yang used his ability flames to open gaps in the first two tsunami waves and shield the cruise ship while maintaining the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner.
• Bai Yang endured the remaining waves through the ninth, then dismissed the banner and flew to Wang Qingyu after changing his bloodstained clothes.
• Wang Qingyu embraced and kissed Bai Yang, recognizing that he had concealed how badly the effort had affected him.
• Huaxia’s leaders assessed the tsunami’s likely devastation and ordered the first batch of missiles launched as other nations prepared their own responses.
• Missiles from across the world struck the tsunami and weakened it locally, but the waves continued onward, leaving officials to consider further strikes and nuclear weapons.

Bai Yang learned that a worldwide tsunami threatened billions, but he refused to summon Chen Yongfa from another world because he feared the danger that could bring. As the first waves neared the coasts, Bai Yang looked to the storm and decided to try something.

• Bai Yang and Wang Qingyu stood on the cruise ship's deck after Bai Yang saved it from the tsunami, while the other passengers remained unconscious.
• Su Xishui revealed that headquarters had reported an undersea earthquake, catastrophic losses, and a tsunami that could devastate one-twentieth of the world's land and endanger billions.
• Su Xishui pleaded with Bai Yang to save the world and offered to become his mistress, but Bai Yang said he had no way to stop the disaster.
• Bai Yang considered summoning Chen Yongfa from the other world but feared he might become a threat to Earth.
• With the nearest tsunami expected to reach coastal nations in less than two hours, Bai Yang watched the lightning and said they should give it a try.

Bai Yang agreed to try to stop the coming tsunami and decided to break through to the Divine Path’s True Person realm by facing heavenly lightning. After his Yin Spirit rose into the storm, the first bolt struck him, leaving his fate unclear.

• Bai Yang agreed to try to save the people, and Su Xishui thanked him while Wang Qingyu silently supported his decision.
• Bai Yang warned the women not to disturb him and sat down to attempt the breakthrough to the True Person realm.
• Su Xishui guarded Bai Yang’s body as his Yin Spirit emerged and flew toward the storm clouds with several treasures for protection.
• Bai Yang’s Yin Spirit faced daylight and fierce winds as he rose toward the lightning, while Wang Qingyu and Su Xishui reacted in terror.
• A bolt of heavenly lightning struck Bai Yang’s Yin Spirit, and Su Xishui and Wang Qingyu cried out as a blinding flash engulfed him.

Bai Yang endured all nine bolts of heavenly lightning, which transformed his Yin Spirit into a pure-yang body and raised him to the Peak True Person realm. He could now break through to the True Lord realm, but he remained baffled by the ordeal.

• The first bolt struck Bai Yang's Yin Spirit, causing terrible pain while tempering it with a trace of pure yang energy.
• The second and third bolts struck in succession as Su Xishui and Wang Qingyu watched helplessly and prayed for Bai Yang.
• The fourth and fifth bolts grew into immense pillars of thunder, but Bai Yang survived as his Yin Spirit gradually lost its sinister aura.
• The sixth, seventh, and eighth bolts brought fire, intensified destructive power, and a razor-sharp force, yet Bai Yang's Yin Spirit endured each one.
• The ninth black-and-white bolt erased Bai Yang's Yin Spirit, which then gathered itself back together as a fully transformed person.
• Bai Yang discovered that he had reached the Peak True Person realm and could break through to the True Lord realm, though he did not understand why.

After surviving the lightning tribulation, Bai Yang advanced to the peak of the True Person realm, gained control of lightning, and expelled the Sword Qi from his wound. With less than two hours to stop the global disaster, he began preparing to break through to the True Lord realm by condensing a Dharma Aspect.

• Bai Yang's Yin Spirit survived the lightning and transformed into a True Spirit, leaving Wang Qingyu and Su Xishui stunned.
• Bai Yang expelled the Sword Qi from his wound and discovered that he had gained a lightning ability.
• Bai Yang told Su Xishui that he could not yet stop the disaster, but said another approach might give him a chance.
• Bai Yang returned to his Sea of Consciousness and considered advancing to the True Lord realm by condensing a Dharma Aspect.
• Bai Yang's True Spirit looked toward the unconscious Imperial Dragon Qi.

Bai Yang fused the Imperial Dragon Qi with his True Spirit to form a dragon-shaped Dharma Form and advance to the True Lord realm. Confident he could stop the disaster, he left his body and plunged into the tsunami as a golden dragon.

• Bai Yang used a method from the True Yang Mind Cultivation Method to fuse the Imperial Dragon Qi with his True Spirit, forming a powerful dragon-shaped Dharma Form.
• Bai Yang reassured Wang Qingyu and told Su Xishui that his chance of stopping the disaster had risen to ninety percent.
• Bai Yang demonstrated his new ability to control water, then gave Wang Qingyu, Su Xishui, and another person Body Protection Golden Light Talismans.
• Bai Yang sent his True Spirit flying toward the distant tsunami while his body remained with Wang Qingyu and Su Xishui.
• Bai Yang transformed into a three-thousand-meter golden dragon and plunged into the sea.

Bai Yang transformed into a golden dragon and pacified the worldwide tsunami, sparing coastal nations from disaster. As he left the ocean, a vast cloud of Merit Golden Light appeared around his Dharma Form, and he realized heaven and earth had rewarded his act of saving countless lives.

• Huaxia leaders debated deploying nuclear bombs after missiles failed to stop the tsunami, but satellite footage showed a strange mist calming the waves approaching Huaxia.
• Bai Yang transformed into a three-thousand-meter golden dragon and used his innate water-control ability to collapse the tsunami waves while mist concealed him from satellites.
• Bai Yang raced along the tsunami’s path for over an hour, pacifying waves across tens of thousands of miles until the ocean became calm.
• Leaders around the world watched the tsunami disappear and wondered what the mysterious mist was, while most people remained unaware of the danger they had escaped.
• After Bai Yang finished calming the waves, a vast cloud of Merit Golden Light surrounded his Dharma Form, and he connected it to saving countless lives and to surviving the heavenly lightning when he advanced to the True Person realm.

Bai Yang secretly stopped the tsunami, saved countless lives, and chose to hide his role while the cruise ship’s passengers were repatriated. Half a month later, Su Xishui and Fox contacted him with news of an island rising from the sea and questions about Fox’s unexplained interrogation.

• Bai Yang returned to his body aboard the cruise ship and told Su Xishui and Wang Qingyu that the tsunami had vanished and the coastal nations were safe.
• Su Xishui confirmed the disaster had ended, and Bai Yang asked her to keep his role secret; she agreed.
• The cruise ship’s passengers woke without realizing how close they had come to death, and representatives from various countries arranged to take their nationals home and jointly detain the hijackers.
• Bai Yang left the ship with Wang Qingyu and traveled for half a month, while Su Xishui privately reflected on her feelings for him.
• Su Xishui told Bai Yang that satellites had detected an island rising at the center of the ocean disaster, and Fox called to report being taken away and questioned.

Bai Yang told Wang Qingyu that a mysterious island had risen in the waters where the tsunami struck and agreed to explore it for the authorities. After returning to Magic City, he accepted Fox as his employee when Fox revealed he had secretly preserved footage of Bai Yang battling the tsunami.

• Bai Yang told Wang Qingyu that a new island over fifty kilometers wide had risen in a strategically sensitive area, prompting several countries to send troops and contest control of it.
• Bai Yang explained that the island’s unusual interference and unstable surrounding waters had prevented others from reaching it, and he agreed to explore it for the authorities.
• Bai Yang returned Wang Qingyu to her home in Magic City, then went to meet Fox at a restaurant.
• Fox explained that he had claimed to work for Bai Yang to secure his release after the cruise-ship disaster and asked whether Bai Yang would still employ him.
• Fox showed Bai Yang a backup video of him battling the tsunami, and Bai Yang agreed to keep Fox’s secret as long as Fox did not reveal the footage.

Bai Yang hired Fox, whose real name was Zhu Lin, and assigned him to gather information on top software specialists and mechanical engineers before setting up security for Xiong Da. Bai Yang then joined Qiu Guorong on an aircraft carrier near the newly risen island, where he learned that electronic signals failed and soldiers who entered the island never returned.

• Bai Yang hired Fox, paid him a million, and ordered him to find leading software specialists and mechanical engineers within three days.
• Bai Yang told Fox to contact Xiong Da afterward and install a security system at his place.
• Authorities confirmed that Fox, whose real name was Zhu Lin, worked for Bai Yang and withdrew his surveillance team.
• Su Xishui arranged for Bai Yang to travel by fighter jet to an aircraft carrier surrounded by warships near the mysterious island.
• Qiu Guorong explained that world leaders had deadlocked over the island and asked Bai Yang to protect Huaxia's researchers on a joint expedition.
• Qiu Guorong revealed that signals failed near the island and that elite soldiers from several countries had entered but none had returned.