[You could still drive back the azure ox Strange Fish, but if you encountered a Strange Fish with entirely different methods in a new sea region, it would be hard to say whether you could stop it from damaging the Soul Boat. Though danger and opportunity coexisted, you had to consider the others as well. Without the Soul Boat's protection, they would be in great danger in an environment like the Boundary Abyss Sea.
With this in mind, you fished with great restraint. Whenever more than three Body Transformation Monsters from Giant Creatures of Fifth-ring Dao Treasure grade or above appeared, you would steer the Soul Boat to another area. This continued until the twenty-third day after you entered the Boundary Abyss Sea—the eighth day since the sea calamity ended—when the remaining special bait in your hands, the Golden Mud Earthworm Dragon and Pointed Tail Tusker Insects, had all been cast into the sea.]
[Over those eight days, because the Soul Boat needed to be moved frequently, you caught only twenty-six Body Transformation Monsters using ordinary bait. Among those twenty-six hauls were five Giant Creatures, which transformed into four Fifth-ring Dao Treasures and one Sixth-ring Dao Treasure.]
[Of the four Fifth-ring Dao Treasures, aside from a Boundary Abyss Sea Soul Pearl, the Snow Emperor took an interest in two Dao herbs, saying they were two of the main ingredients for the Spirit Mist Returning Pill. As it happened, the Snow Emperor had collected the third main ingredient needed for the Spirit Mist Returning Pill, so he took out a Five-Ring Dao Grade Boundary Abyss Sea Soul Pearl to trade with you.
Although Boundary Abyss Sea Soul Pearls were produced in considerable quantities within the Boundary Abyss Sea, their actual value was not low, thanks to the extremely long intervals between