Chapter Summaries

Wu Tao arrived at the Boundary Archipelago and began taking over the artifact-refining duties left by Xian. When he heard that an untrained Rogue Cultivator named Fu Xuan was among the assistants, he requested to meet him and recognized the familiar name as the chapter ended.

• Wu Tao thanked Tang Jingquan and Pi Baibai as they left the Boundary Archipelago to return to the Immortal Palace.
• Wei Tianbao showed Wu Tao the Artifact Refiners’ palace district and explained their duties repairing True Artifacts and inspecting Warships.
• Wu Tao declined to discuss Wei Tianbao’s suggestion that the Star Sea cultivators unite against the Devil World, then learned that four Advanced Tier 2 Artifact Refiners had been summoned for him to choose an assistant.
• Wu Tao asked to meet Fu Xuan, the fifth Advanced Tier 2 Artifact Refiner, after Wei Tianbao described his Rogue Cultivator background and lack of prospects for reaching Tier 3.
• Fu Xuan arrived outside the hall, and Wu Tao felt a stir of recognition when he heard his voice.

Wu Tao recognized his old friend Fu Xuan, who had survived the Lost Sea Area but lost an arm, and chose him as his artifact refining assistant without revealing his identity. Fu Xuan regained hope in his path as an artifact refiner, while Wu Tao stayed in the Main Hall to receive Wei Tianbao’s handover of True Person Xian’s duties.

• Wu Tao realized the Fu Xuan summoned to the Main Hall was the old friend he had thought dead after the sea storm, and welcomed him without revealing who he was.
• Wei Tianbao introduced Wu Tao as the newly assigned Tier 3 Low-Grade Artifact Refiner and asked him to choose an assistant from five Tier 2 Advanced Artifact Refiners.
• After the other candidates recommended themselves, Fu Xuan offered only to follow Wu Tao’s instructions, and Wu Tao chose him.
• Fu Xuan left the Main Hall and met the four unchosen candidates, who guessed Wu Tao selected him because they shared a Loose Cultivator background.
• Fu Xuan took Wu Tao’s choice as a chance to advance in artifact refining and resolved to study diligently under him.
• Wei Tianbao asked Wu Tao about choosing Fu Xuan, then began handing over the matters left by True Person Xian.

Wu Tao settled into the True Fire Hall assigned to him and learned that Bright Moon Immortal Palace’s replacement True Disciple had intensified battles in the Boundary Archipelago. After inspecting a fleet of damaged Warships, he began his new duties as an Artifact Refiner while hoping to avoid the front lines.

• Wei Tianbao handed Wu Tao True Artifact repair and forging tasks, then showed him the vacant True Fire Hall where he would live and cultivate.
• Wu Tao refined the hall’s Restriction Token, settled in, and began cultivating before Wei Tianbao took him to the empty Warship docking area.
• Wei Tianbao explained that battles with Bright Moon Immortal Palace had become frequent, and Wu Tao later sent Fu Xuan away to study his Artifact Refining foundations.
• Three days later, Wu Tao and Wei Tianbao found more than seventy damaged Third Tier Warships, and Wei Tianbao assigned Wu Tao to inspect and repair the Tier 3 Low-Grade Warships.
• Kong Qi, a Tier 3 Low-Grade Formation Master, introduced himself to Wu Tao and began inspecting the Warship formations.

Wu Tao inspected the damaged warships, learned how to access their classified core-repair records, and began repairs while teaching Fu Xuan artifact refining. When Fu Xuan described the mysterious senior who had saved him in the Lost Sea Area, Wu Tao recognized the man as Sovereign Di.

• Wu Tao inspected the Tier 3 Low-Grade Warships, learned from Kong Qi that battles were only considered serious when Golden Core Masters died, and asked Wei Tianbao about damage to the warships' classified core sections.
• Wei Tianbao introduced Wu Tao to Zhao Ting, then took him to the Secretariat Building to study the core secrets of the damaged warship types.
• Wu Tao studied the core records and began repairing the warships with Fu Xuan's help, while teaching Fu Xuan foundational artifact-refining knowledge.
• Fu Xuan told Wu Tao that a powerful, mysterious senior had saved him during a sea storm in the Lost Sea Area and had said Fu Xuan carried someone's aura.
• Wu Tao realized the senior Fu Xuan described was Sovereign Di.

Wu Tao learned more about Fu Xuan’s escape and began repairing the damaged warships at the Boundary Archipelago. Fang Zhengqing set a one-and-a-half-month deadline and rewarded Wu Tao and Kong Qi, leaving Wu Tao worried that a battle with the Bright Moon Immortal Palace was approaching.

• Fu Xuan told Wu Tao that Sovereign Di had rescued him and explained that he had lost track of Island Master Han after leaving the Lost Sea Area.
• Wu Tao sent Fu Xuan away to study, then continued repairing warships while considering what he knew about immortal boats and the dangers of Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Fang Zhengqing ordered Kong Qi and Wu Tao to finish their repairs within a month and a half and gave each of them cultivation resources as compensation.
• Wu Tao returned to the True Fire Hall and found superior Golden Core pills, Fifth-Level Spirit Fire, and Fifth-Level Spirit Water among Fang Zhengqing’s gifts.
• Wu Tao suspected the warships were being prepared for an imminent battle against the Bright Moon Immortal Palace and worried that Artifact Refiners might be sent to the front lines.

Wu Tao received five Golden Core clients who brought seven damaged True Artifacts for repairs before an expected war with Bright Moon Immortal Palace, then spent a month and a half repairing warships and pursuing cultivation. As he met Wei Tianbao to find Zhao Ting, he learned that Artifact Refiners and Formation Masters might have to accompany the force to the front line.

• Wu Tao welcomed five Golden Core Early Stage cultivators, exchanged Communication Tokens with them, and accepted seven damaged True Artifacts for repair before a possible battle in a month and a half.
• Wu Tao answered Fu Xuan’s questions about Tier 2 High-Grade Artifact Refining and urged him to strengthen his foundation.
• Wu Tao cultivated with a high-grade Golden Core pill and Level 5 Spirit Fire and Spirit Water, finding that they greatly accelerated his cultivation and Golden Core tempering.
• Wu Tao and Kong Qi finished repairing the damaged Warships by the deadline after working day and night.
• Wu Tao met Wei Tianbao at the Warship storage area, and Wei Tianbao warned him that Artifact Refiners and Formation Masters might have to accompany the force in the coming battle.

Wu Tao prepared to accompany the forces to the front lines, where he was assigned to repair warships on Star Eye Island as the conflict with Bright Moon Immortal Palace escalated. After months of fighting without Golden Core deaths, he learned that Fellow Daoist Shao had fallen.

• Zhao Ting confirmed that artifact refiners and formation masters would accompany the forces, and Wei Tianbao advised Wu Tao to stay behind the Golden Core fighters and avoid dangerous repairs near the front.
• Fang Zhengqing ordered the group to depart, and Wu Tao told Fu Xuan to continue studying while he prepared for the journey.
• Wu Tao and the other craftsmen joined Fang Zhengqing's fleet and were stationed on Star Eye Island to repair damaged warships.
• Bright Moon Immortal Palace attacked that night, and after a month of minor skirmishes Lie Qiyang launched a larger assault that forced Wu Tao to repair warships day and night.
• A Golden Core cultivator surnamed Liu brought Wu Tao a damaged Flying Sword and told him that Fellow Daoist Shao had died in battle.

Wu Tao struggled to keep up with the escalating battles between the Star Immortal Palace and the Bright Moon Immortal Palace as he repaired damaged Warships and True Artifacts at Star Eye Island. When he was ordered to go repair a stranded Warship at the front lines, Zhao Ting intervened and sent the order back to the transport team.

• Wu Tao repaired Warships and Golden Core Cultivators’ True Artifacts while learning that the fighting had killed cultivators on both sides.
• Fang Zhengqing prepared the Star Immortal Palace forces for Lie Qiyang’s counterattack and supplied Wu Tao and Kong Qi with High-Grade Golden Core pills and Level 6 Spirit Fire and Spirit Water to speed their recovery.
• After another night of fighting, Wu Tao learned that four Golden Core Masters had died in two days, while damaged Warships continued arriving at Star Eye Island.
• A transport cultivator ordered Wu Tao and Kong Qi to travel to the front lines and repair a Warship that could not return under its own power.
• Wu Tao contacted Wei Tianbao for help, and Zhao Ting arrived and ordered the transport cultivator to tell Senior Brother Jin to arrange the Warship’s return instead.

Wu Tao continued repairing warships and True Artifacts as the battles between the Star Immortal Palace and Bright Moon Immortal Palace wore down both sides. Fang Zhengqing and Lie Qiyang secretly agreed to prolong the fighting briefly, but the chapter ended with a fleet withdrawing toward Star Eye Island, leaving Wu Tao unsure whether the war was over.

• Zhao Ting stopped Lv Xian’s order to send Wu Tao and Kong Qi to the front lines, and Fang Zhengqing later reprimanded Lv Xian for issuing reckless orders.
• Wu Tao and Kong Qi repaired a heavily damaged warship that had carried a fallen Golden Core cultivator while battles continued for another half month.
• Fang Zhengqing and Lie Qiyang met secretly and agreed to stage two more large-scale battles before ending the conflict, while Fang Zhengqing refused to let Li Mo be sacrificed.
• Wu Tao repaired a Golden Core Layer 3 cultivator’s True Artifact while continuing his warship repairs.
• Wu Tao and Kong Qi saw a fleet of warships return from the front lines, and Wu Tao wondered whether the war had ended.

After the war with Bright Moon Immortal Palace ended, Wu Tao repaired damaged warships on Star Eye Island, then returned to the Boundary Archipelago and resumed cultivation. He discovered that the grueling repairs had unexpectedly strengthened his Golden Core Magic Power, and began cultivating with superior pills and spirit materials.

• Fang Zhengqing announced the end of the war, but ordered the cultivators to remain on Star Eye Island until all Third Tier warships were repaired.
• Wu Tao learned that Lv Xian and Fellow Daoist Liang had died in the previous battle, and planned to return Liang’s repaired Tier 3 Flying Sword to his son.
• Wu Tao and Kong Qi finished repairing the damaged warships, and Wu Tao thanked Wei Tianbao and Zhao Ting for helping him avoid being sent to the front lines.
• After resting, Wu Tao received Fang Zhengqing’s order to withdraw from Star Eye Island and return to the Boundary Archipelago.
• Wu Tao thanked Zhao Ting, who encouraged him to advance as an Artifact Refiner and privately considered Wu Tao’s potential as a useful connection for his son, Zhao Feng.
• Wu Tao resumed cultivating and realized that repeatedly exhausting and restoring his Golden Core Magic Power during repairs had accelerated its growth.

Wu Tao collected his war Merit Points, exchanged them for months of cultivation resources, and enjoyed three peaceful months at the Boundary Archipelago. The chapter ended with Fang Zhengqing meeting Lie Qiyang in secret on an uninhabited island.

• Wu Tao cultivated with a superior Golden Core pill and Level 6 Spirit Fire and Spirit Water, then began practicing the Mystic Light Smoke Cloud Escape.
• Wu Tao and Wei Tianbao went to the Merit Hall, where Wu Tao settled his war Merit Points and met several Grandmasters of the Four Arts of Cultivation.
• Wu Tao exchanged Merit Points for half a year of mid-grade Golden Core pills and Level 4 Spirit Fire and Spirit Water, plus a year’s supply of Mystic Light.
• Wu Tao enjoyed three months without clashes between the Star Immortal Palace and the Bright Moon Immortal Palace at the Boundary Archipelago.
• Fang Zhengqing met Lie Qiyang privately, and the two discussed Lie Qiyang’s supposedly hot-tempered public persona over tea.

Fang Zhengqing and Lie Qiyang discussed Lie’s impending transfer and the dangerous Immortal-Demonic Plan Fang proposed, then killed a group of Cultivator Robbers who stumbled upon them. Half a month later, Wu Tao learned that Huo Yi was preparing for another war and was promised help obtaining a stronger defensive robe.

• Lie Qiyang told Fang Zhengqing that Le Xinggong would replace him as Guardian True Disciple in three months, and urged Fang to start another war before he left.
• Fang Zhengqing refused to start another war immediately, then revealed that someone else knew of their conspiracy and proposed the Immortal-Demonic Plan.
• Lie Qiyang realized Fang had left evidence implicating them and reluctantly agreed to hear his plan, while Fang said Junior Brother Lv’s family would be provided for.
• Fang Zhengqing and Lie Qiyang killed a group of Cultivator Robbers who saw them together, collected the spoils, and departed in opposite directions.
• Half a month later, Wu Tao visited Wei Tianbao and found Huo Yi ordering three Third-Rank Intermediate Defensive Magic Robes for protection in the next war.
• Wei Tianbao offered to take Wu Tao to Senior Brother Zhao to have a Third-Rank Advanced Defensive Magic Robe refined for him.

Wu Tao cultivated in the Boundary Archipelago, received a Third-Rank Advanced Defensive Magic Robe from Zhao Ting, and kept Huo Yi’s warning not to leave in mind. Meanwhile, Huo Yi volunteered to return to the Immortal Palace with the annual report, and Fang Zhengqing approved his request.

• Huo Yi privately warned Wu Tao to stay in the Boundary Archipelago, but Wu Tao could not determine why he had given the advice.
• Wu Tao checked his progress with the Nine Luminaries Melting Yang Ultimate Art and planned to return to the Immortal Palace in two years to obtain its later cultivation method.
• Wei Tianbao introduced Wu Tao to Zhao Ting, who agreed to forge him a Third-Rank Advanced Defensive Magic Robe and discussed artifact refining with him.
• Zhao Ting gave Wu Tao the completed Hundred Strings Robe, which Wu Tao refined and wore before practicing the Mystic Light Smoke Cloud Escape.
• Fang Zhengqing asked for a Golden Core Disciple to return to the Immortal Palace with the annual report, and Huo Yi volunteered to go in Lv Xian’s place.
• Fang Zhengqing approved Huo Yi’s request to lead the group back to the Immortal Palace.

Huo Yi returned to the Star Immortal Palace and exposed Fang Zhengqing’s conspiracy with Lie Qiyang to True Disciple Chief Cui Qing, who sent Yan He and Luo Yuhua to the Boundary Archipelago. Meanwhile, Wu Tao’s peaceful cultivation was interrupted by renewed fighting, and Yan He, Luo Yuhua, and Huo Yi arrived just as Fang Zhengqing gathered the repair specialists.

• Huo Yi hurried back to the Star Immortal Palace, reported to Hall Master Hao, and presented Cui Qing with evidence that Fang Zhengqing and Lie Qiyang had plotted against Lv Xian and sought cultivation resources.
• Cui Qing verified the evidence, summoned Yan He and Luo Yuhua, and ordered Yan He to bring Fang Zhengqing back while Luo Yuhua took over his post at the Boundary Archipelago.
• Wu Tao studied Tier 3 Mid-Grade Artifact Refining knowledge, but Lie Qiyang launched another assault on Star Eye Island, and eight Golden Core cultivators died over three days of fighting.
• Fang Zhengqing gathered Wu Tao, Wei Tianbao, Zhao Ting, and the Formation Masters to arrange repairs to the damaged Warships.
• Yan He, Luo Yuhua, and Huo Yi arrived above Star Eye Island, surprising Wu Tao with their unexpectedly swift return.

Yan He and Luo Yuhua removed Fang Zhengqing from the Boundary Archipelago, and Chief Cui exposed his crimes and sent him to the Immortal-Devil Experiment. After the two palaces executed Fang Zhengqing and Lie Qiyang and agreed to prevent further Golden Core deaths, Wu Tao cultivated peacefully and broke through to Golden Core Layer 3.

• Yan He and Luo Yuhua arrived with the Chief's Token and a Nascent Soul True Lord's support, restrained Fang Zhengqing, and took him back to the Immortal Palace while Luo Yuhua assumed command of the Boundary Archipelago.
• Chief Cui showed Fang Zhengqing a recording of his scheme with Lie Qiyang, heard his confession to harming twenty-three fellow junior brothers, and sentenced him to the Immortal-Devil Experiment.
• Chief Cui sent Yan He to tell the Bright Moon Immortal Palace's chief True Disciple that Fang Zhengqing had entered the experiment, and a month later the announcement reported Fang Zhengqing's death sentence.
• Wu Tao learned that Lie Qiyang had also been executed and that Chief Cui and Chief Zhang had agreed to prevent Golden Core deaths in the Boundary Archipelago while they held office.
• Two years later, Wu Tao used a Mid-Grade Golden Core Pill and Level 4 Spirit Fire and Spirit Water to break through from Golden Core Layer 2 to Golden Core Layer 3.

After reaching Golden Core Layer 3, Wu Tao returned from the Boundary Archipelago to the Star Immortal Palace to obtain the next portion of his cultivation technique. Guo Huaxing went to retrieve the follow-up Nine Luminaries Melting Yang Ultimate Art, leaving Wu Tao waiting in the Golden Core Main Hall.

• Wu Tao reviewed his cultivation and skills, then decided to return to the Star Immortal Palace for the follow-up Golden Core technique.
• Wu Tao advised Fu Xuan to keep developing his ideas for a new Magic Restriction and began planning to derive the Treasure-Dropping Coin's restriction into a True Restriction.
• Luo Yuhua granted Wu Tao two and a half months of leave, and Wu Tao bade farewell to Wei Tianbao and Zhao Ting before setting out.
• Three cultivator robbers attacked Wu Tao in the Public Sea Region, but his Divine Sense suppressed them and he took their Storage Bags.
• Wu Tao reached Jade Star Island, collected its accumulated Merit Points and resources from Wang Sheng, and traveled to the Cultivation Technique Hall.
• Wu Tao asked Guo Huaxing for the cultivation technique beyond the third layer of the Nine Luminaries Melting Yang Ultimate Art, and Guo Huaxing left to retrieve it.

Wu Tao returned to the Star Immortal Palace to obtain the next stage of his cultivation technique and visit his friends. After receiving his repaired sword from Wu Tao, Liang Minghe left to pursue the chance to inherit his father’s Golden Core Island, while Wu Tao went to visit Liu Yidao.

• Wu Tao exchanged his Merit Points for the Nine Luminaries Melting Yang Ultimate Art and learned that True Lord Wu Yuanhua could instruct him in three days.
• Wu Tao visited Yu Zhixin, revealed that he had reached Golden Core Layer 3, and heard that Fang Zhengqing had been bestowed death by Chief Disciple Cui Qing.
• Wu Tao contacted Liu Yidao, learned that he was on Demon Suppressing Island, and returned to Jade Star Island before inviting Liang Minghe over.
• Wu Tao returned Liang Minghe’s repaired Tier 3 Flying Sword and encouraged him to cultivate until he could inherit his father’s Golden Core Island.
• Wu Tao cultivated on Jade Star Island, then visited Liu Yidao, who praised his breakthrough to Golden Core Layer 3.

After returning to the Star Immortal Palace, Wu Tao received Wu Yuanhua’s cultivation insights into the Nine Luminaries Melting Yang Ultimate Art and visited old friends before preparing to return to the Boundary Archipelago. He boarded an Immortal Palace Spell Ship and discovered that Wang Jing and Sovereign Di would travel with him.

• Wu Tao visited Liu Yidao, then received the third-layer technique and Wu Yuanhua’s personal insights during a two-shichen transmission at the Instruction Hall.
• Wu Tao returned to Jade Star Island and visited Wei Zhou, Qian Chang, Tang Jingquan, and Pi Baibai, learning that Tang Jingquan’s older brother was the True Disciple Tang Jingyu.
• Yu Zhixin arranged for Wu Tao to return to the Boundary Archipelago aboard an Immortal Palace Spell Ship and told him to board at the Palace Master’s island dock.
• Wu Tao boarded the Tier 4 High-Grade Spell Ship and waited with three other Golden Core Cultivators for their companions to arrive.
• Wang Jing and Sovereign Di arrived at the dock, and Wu Tao realized they would travel with the ship.

Wu Tao returned to the Boundary Archipelago aboard a spell ship carrying Sovereign Di and Wang Jing, while Sovereign Di toured the Star Sea Cultivation World seeking an answer about his confinement. After reaching the archipelago, Sovereign Di noticed that the Star Immortal Palace and Bright Moon Immortal Palace Boundary Archipelagos were strikingly symmetrical.

• Sovereign Di and Wang Jing boarded a Tier 4 High-Grade Spell Ship bound for the Boundary Archipelago, where Wang Jing brewed spirit tea and spoke with Sovereign Di about the Star Sea Cultivation World and escaping its confines.
• Wu Tao spent the twelve-day voyage comprehending the third-level cultivation method of the Nine Luminaries Melting Yang Ultimate Art.
• Wu Tao arrived at the Boundary Archipelago, returned to his True Fire Hall, and told Zhao Ting and Wei Tianbao about the unfamiliar Divine Monarch traveling with Wang Jing.
• Sovereign Di surveyed both Boundary Archipelagos from above the Cloud Sea and told Wang Jing that their near-perfect symmetry confirmed his suspicion.

Wang Jing accompanied Sovereign Di through the Boundary Archipelagoes, but Sovereign Di left the mystery of their symmetry unexplained. Meanwhile, Wu Tao resumed cultivating, spent two years steadily improving, and reached the verge of breakthroughs in body cultivation and artifact refining.

• Wang Jing asked Sovereign Di about the matching Boundary Archipelagoes, but Sovereign Di left to visit the next location without answering.
• Luo Yuhua arrived at the dock after Wang Jing and Sovereign Di had departed, and he regretted missing the chance to meet the Sovereign.
• Wu Tao returned to his Cultivation Room, comprehended the third layer of the Nine Luminaries Melting Yang Ultimate Art, and resumed Golden Core cultivation.
• Wu Tao spent two years cultivating cautiously, then asked Zhao Ting difficult questions about Tier 3 Mid-Grade artifact refining and impressed Wei Tianbao with his progress.
• Wu Tao checked his Personal Status and saw that his Cosmic Star Body Refining Art had reached 99% of the third layer, leaving him close to breaking through to True Body Layer 4.