Chapter Summaries

Lu Li negotiated with Merman King Trelton for the location of a mysterious treasure in exchange for finding Princess Emily within half a day. Trelton agreed to cooperate, leaving Lu Li to explain his plan.

• Trelton asked Pan Xiaoxiao and the others to find his missing daughter Emily within three days and gave them a Special Investigation Token.
• Lu Li declared that he could find Emily in half a day, shocking Pan Xiaoxiao.
• Lu Li asked Trelton for the location of the underwater treasure, but Trelton initially refused.
• Lu Li warned that Trelton might never see Emily again if he refused, provoking the king to attack before he sensed danger and stopped.
• Trelton agreed to reveal the treasure's location if Lu Li returned Emily within half a day, then asked how he should cooperate.

Lu Li received reports that the Lin Family faced a looming attack and that Liu Wenjian had found Liu Yaoxiu, then ordered both matters stalled while accelerating the dungeon clear. He resumed his plan to find Merman King Trelton’s daughter by having Pan Xiaoxiao lift Trelton’s mask, while Alisa and Li Luo kept their eyes closed.

• Lu Li learned that forces gathered by the Lu Family might attack the Lin Family and that the Gao Family was keeping the Lu Family occupied.
• Liu Wenjian reported that Jiang Chaoyun would hand over Liu Yaoxiu if the Liu Family accepted the Jiang mother and daughter and allied against the Lin Family, so Lu Li told him to stall.
• Lu Li told Trelton that he could explain his plan, then asked Pan Xiaoxiao to lift the Merman King’s mask.
• Trelton agreed, and Pan Xiaoxiao approached him as he bent toward her to make the mask easier to remove.
• Lu Li whispered to Alisa and Li Luo to close their eyes and not look.

Lu Li sent his Soul Guards to search the Undersea World for Emily while keeping Pan Xiaoxiao asleep so he could conceal his abilities from an outsider. He left the search underway and continued guiding his guards through the Coral Forest.

• Lu Li revealed his Soul Guards and asked Trelton to ensure the mermen would not obstruct their search; Trelton agreed and warned that Emily might not be in the Undersea World.
• Lu Li left Pan Xiaoxiao in the Sea God Hall, promising that Emily would appear there when Pan Xiaoxiao woke, and set out with Alisa and Li Luo.
• Lu Li directed his Soul Guards through the Soul Realm as they searched for items and clues from Pan Xiaoxiao's guide, including Emily's diary pages and the Sea-Subduing Stele.
• Alisa asked why Lu Li had made Pan Xiaoxiao lift the Mermaid King's Mask, and Lu Li explained that he had done it to put her to sleep.
• Lu Li told Alisa and Li Luo that Pan Xiaoxiao was an outsider, so he wanted to conceal the number and types of his Soul Guards and avoid exposing his abilities.

Lu Li brought Alisa and Li Luo to the Deep-Sea Witch’s lair and used [Jealousy] to ease Alisa’s fear of the place. He offered a narwhal tusk to buy information about Emily, but the witch demanded another item before she would talk.

• Lu Li led Alisa and Li Luo through the Coral Forest to the Deep-Sea Witch’s strange lair, where the structure triggered Alisa’s traumatic memories.
• Lu Li activated [Jealousy], convincing Alisa that the building was not the source of her fear and restoring some of her composure.
• The Deep-Sea Witch demanded a narwhal tusk as payment before discussing Emily.
• Lu Li waited as a Burrowing Bee Queen charged toward the witch, then turned it into black mist and left a narwhal tusk in the sand.
• The witch accepted the tusk but demanded a live glowing squid, as coral trees began collapsing nearby.

Lu Li met the Deep-Sea Witch’s increasingly difficult demands, and his Soul Guards supplied every requested item, including the Sea-Subduing Stele. At the ball on Bone Burial Beach, the prince remained absent while Amir urged his companions to prepare to take Lu Li’s perfect item if he failed to get them out safely.

• Lu Li’s allies brought the witch each item she demanded, including twenty purple shells, despite her attempts to make the trade impossible.
• The witch demanded the Sea-Subduing Stele, and a giant turtle carrying it emerged from the abyssal sea.
• At the third ball on Bone Burial Beach, the Players waited for the prince and a new quest, but neither appeared.
• The Players heard a voice in the darkness repeating promises of food, eternal youth, and cures, while Gawara and Lanbir speculated about the prince.
• Amir told his companions to prepare to seize Lu Li’s perfect item, suspecting that Lu Li might break his Oath Contract and fail to get them safely out.

As a strange disturbance stopped the sea and silenced the whispers at Bone Burial Beach, the Players feared Lu Li had triggered a dangerous event beneath the water. The Monster Prince then appeared unharmed at the dance floor entrance, putting their supposed safe zone in doubt.

• Amir struck Shahrukh for warning him to wait, while Shahrukh silently accepted the beating and feared Amir would get them both killed.
• A boom from the sea stopped the waves and dimmed their glow, and the Players speculated that Lu Li had triggered a new storyline or encountered danger.
• Lanbir reassured the Players that Lu Li was likely safe, and Li Luo told everyone to stand by for his instructions.
• The beach whispers stopped as a scraping sound approached, and the Monster Prince appeared unharmed at the entrance to the dance floor.
• The Monster Prince turned its head toward Akshay and said he looked familiar, twisting its head around by 180 degrees.

The monster prince issued a quest for clues about mermaids, and Lu Li told Amir to accept it, promising to share what he knew. Before Amir could agree, the prince revealed that anyone taking the quest had to swallow an insect that would breed inside them if they failed.

• The monster prince approached Players on the dance floor and forced several of them to dance, sparing them when they complied.
• The prince offered 60 gold coins for mermaid clues and 200 gold coins for fresh mermaid flesh.
• Amir asked Akshay to message Lu Li about the quest, hoping to earn gold and obtain a Perfect Quality item.
• Lu Li told Amir to accept the quest and promised to share his mermaid clues in the Secret Realm Chat Channel.
• The prince announced that quest takers had to eat one of his insects, which would breed inside them if they failed, leaving Amir horrified.

Amir was forced to accept the Monster Prince’s mission and swallow a multiplying bug, while Lu Li reached the Deep-Sea Witch and began bargaining for powerful potions. The chapter left Lu Li offering her a choice between a Gold Rank talent and a Silver Grade talent as payment.

• The Monster Prince mistook Amir’s chat message for volunteering, and the Players showed him proof that he had offered to take the mission.
• The Monster Prince forced Amir to swallow the Negative Wealth Roach and warned everyone to finish their missions before sunset the next day.
• The Players realized they still lacked clues about the prince’s lover and depended on Lu Li to find an answer in time.
• Lu Li presented the Deep-Sea Witch with the items she had requested, and she proposed trading for something precious, such as attributes or a talent.
• Lu Li asked for potions to cure all illnesses, extend life, and remove worry, then offered the witch a choice between a Gold Rank talent and a Silver Grade talent.

Lu Li used his [Sea Monster Terminator] title to persuade the Deep-Sea Witch to trade generously, then set his sights on a perfect clear of Daughter of the Sea. He headed to the Sea God Hall with Alisa and Li Luo to investigate Emily's diary.

• The Deep-Sea Witch recognized Lu Li's [Sea Monster Terminator] title and eagerly agreed to help him extract Talent Abilities.
• Lu Li traded one Black Iron Grade [Scout] for three potions and several Talent Ability Crystals.
• Lu Li persuaded the witch to give him a large supply of attribute-boosting potions in exchange for more Talents.
• Lu Li wondered whether he could enter the Secret Realm again through Guangguai Luli's Casino without spending Points.
• Lu Li headed to the Sea God Hall with Alisa and Li Luo, intending to analyze mermaid princess Emily's diary and perfectly clear the Secret Realm.

Lu Li returned to the Sea God Hall with a lead on Emily’s whereabouts and asked Trelton for help on shore. He told the merman king that his group were fugitives who had tried to assassinate a prince and might need assistance attacking Hatteras Royal City.

• Trelton complained to his guards about Lu Li and mocked the adventurers for claiming they could find Emily quickly.
• A guard named Odyssey tried to report that Lu Li had returned, while Trelton repeatedly guessed what had happened without noticing the adventurers entering the hall.
• Lu Li told Trelton they had not found Emily yet but had a lead and needed mermen to assist them on shore.
• Lu Li said his group were fugitives who had tried to assassinate a prince and asked Trelton to help them attack Hatteras Royal City.

Lu Li shared Emily’s diary, revealing the history behind the [Daughter of the Sea] Rule Realm and the tragic rivalry between Emily and Ariel. The final entries left Emily realizing that Ariel had given up her own heart to obtain the potion meant to keep Emily from the prince.

• Lu Li uploaded Emily’s diary, which revealed that mermaids who ate human flesh became poisonous creatures and that the prince’s missing lover was Emily.
• The diary explained that the mermaid who saved the King of Hatteras was Trelton’s sister, who became the queen after trading away her memories of the sea.
• Emily fell in love with the Prince of Hatteras after saving him, while Ariel warned her that the prince had only been driven by curiosity about mermaids.
• Emily sought the Deep-Sea Witch for a potion, but Ariel had already obtained the last one, and the prince married Ariel instead.
• Emily’s later entries reported the queen’s and Ariel’s assassinations, worsening relations between the merfolk and Hatteras, and Emily’s confinement by her father.
• The witch gave Emily a box containing Ariel’s still-beating heart, and Emily realized it was the price Ariel had paid for the potion.

Emily read Ariel’s final diary and learned that the prince had tortured and killed her sister while pursuing immortality, prompting Emily to seek revenge. The Players claimed their quest rewards, but remained unsure what to do next.

• Emily touched Ariel’s heart and read her final diary, discovering that the prince had poisoned his father and pretended to be unconscious to pursue mermaids.
• Emily learned that the prince had imprisoned and tortured Ariel, eaten his mother’s remains, and planned to eat Ariel in pursuit of immortality.
• Emily traded her voice and beauty to the Deep-Sea Witch for a potion that would let her walk on land, intending to retrieve Ariel’s dagger and kill the prince.
• Lu Li told the Players they could turn in their quests, and Amir’s group claimed the reward for identifying the creature at Bone Burial Beach.
• Lu Li identified Emily’s whereabouts as deep within Hatteras Royal City’s palace, and Wan Jiaxi’s group successfully turned in their quest for forty gold coins.
• The Players wondered what to do next and whether they were expected to help the prince obtain fresh mermaid flesh.

Amir and the Players followed Lu Li’s order to help the Monster Prince capture Emily, despite Wan Jiaxi’s objections. At the palace, they found Emily standing among unconscious servants and guards, and Amir charged toward her in his beast form.

• Amir argued that completing the quest mattered more than the prince’s crimes, and Lu Li ordered the Players at Bone Burial Beach to help capture Emily.
• The prince’s guards led the Players from Bone Burial Beach into Hatteras Royal City and toward the palace.
• The group found Emily by the palace compound, with servants, maids, and guards unconscious around her.
• The prince asked for a vanguard, and Amir volunteered in exchange for an extra reward.
• Amir used [Beastification] and advanced on Emily, who touched her cheek instead of fleeing.

Amir captured Emily and forced the prince to pay the promised rewards, but just as he was about to hand her over, Lu Li warned that doing so would violate the Oath Contract. Amir then discovered that the supposed Lanbir was Qian Tongdan, Lu Li’s ally, who had been reporting his actions and stealing his belongings.

• Amir seized Emily before she could remove her Mask and demanded payment from the prince before handing her over.
• The prince paid Amir more than three hundred gold coins after Amir insisted on receiving both the quest reward and the promised extra amount.
• Lanbir told Amir that Lu Li had warned him not to hand Emily over because doing so would violate the Oath Contract.
• Amir realized Lanbir had been reporting to Lu Li in real time and accused him of being a fake.
• Qian Tongdan dispelled his disguise, revealed that Amir’s belongings were on him, and warned Amir not to attack because they had all signed the Oath Contract.

Amir transferred Emily to Qian Tongdan after learning that Lu Li needed to keep him alive to avoid the Oath Contract’s punishment. The prince turned his guards against the Players, but Li Luo and a force of merfolk arrived, and she ordered the Players to throw their quest-earned gold coins to the guards.

• Qian Tongdan persuaded Amir that Lu Li would keep him alive because Lu Li would also die if Amir failed to leave the Secret Realm.
• Amir gave Emily to Qian Tongdan, refusing to hand her over to the prince.
• The prince ordered his heavily armored guards to attack the Players, who prepared to defend themselves.
• Merfolk guards arrived with Li Luo, breaking the prince’s encirclement.
• Li Luo told the Players to throw their quest-earned gold coins to the heavily armored guards.

Li Luo freed the armored guards with the Players’ gold and forced Emily to surrender her dagger, then cured the Monster Prince with a potion after he promised to abandon his pursuit of immortality. She left him alone with Emily, but the prince revealed he still intended to use the mermaid princess to make an elixir of immortality and attacked her with medicinal powder.

• Li Luo ordered the Players to give their gold coins to the armored guards, who abandoned the prince and fled with the money.
• Li Luo restrained Emily and made her promise not to act rashly before she released her dagger.
• Li Luo offered the Monster Prince a potion that cured his strange illness if he gave up seeking immortality, and he agreed and drank it.
• Li Luo left the prince alone with Emily after he claimed he wanted to speak with her privately.
• The prince told Emily he still wanted to make an elixir of immortality with her as a catalyst and flung medicinal powder at her.

Lu Li rescued Emily from the prince and helped her return to her mermaid form, while she chose to spare the prince and forget her grief. The group found the one-time treasure, and the players received confirmation that they had perfectly cleared the Daughter of the Sea Rule Realm.

• Lu Li and Li Luo turned the prince's immortality powder against him, leaving him a mindless fool, and Lu Li offered Emily the dagger, but she refused to kill him.
• Lu Li gave Emily a potion to help her forget, explaining that her father had paid the price with two mermaid skeletons, and Trelton revealed the treasure's location to Alisa.
• Emily returned to the sea with her voice and mermaid tail restored, while Alisa found the one-time Treasure Chest and collected its gold and Mythic-quality item.
• Pan Xiaoxiao woke at Bone Burial Beach and asked where Lu Li and Li Luo were as Alisa searched her storage for a contract.
• The system announced the players' successful clearance and confirmed that the prince and Emily were alive and the important mission was complete, unlocking the perfect-clear reward.

Lu Li completed a perfect clear of [Daughter of the Sea], earned a Mythic medical book and rewards for the players, and explained the prince’s hidden merfolk heritage. He then accidentally signed a Servant Contract that made Pan Xiaoxiao his servant instead of securing the intended oath for their next realm.

• Pan Xiaoxiao learned that Lu Li’s group had achieved a perfect clear, and Alisa offered her a contract to join the next realm challenge.
• Lu Li received the Imperial Physician’s Mythic book of medical notes as thanks for curing the prince and revealing the truth about mermaid flesh.
• The players received gold coins and the temporary title [Friend of the Sea], while Lu Li explained that the prince had already inherited a long lifespan from his merfolk blood.
• Alisa presented Pan Xiaoxiao’s signed contract to Lu Li, who pressed his fingerprint on it without checking that it was a Servant Contract rather than an Oath Contract.
• Pan Xiaoxiao accepted becoming Lu Li’s servant, leaving him stunned by the mistake.

Lu Li accepted Pan Xiaoxiao as a servant and led the players to exchange their rewards at the Goodman Caravan. He bought Imprint Clay for Li Luo’s father, exchanged the remaining gold for high-tier Origin Crystals, and gave Pan Xiaoxiao equipment as a newcomer.

• Lu Li accepted Pan Xiaoxiao’s offer to sign a contract, and she confirmed Ao Zhan would approve.
• The players exchanged rewards at the Goodman Caravan, where they saw Lu Li’s enormous pile of gold before leaving the realm.
• Lu Li bought all the caravan’s Imprint Clay for Li Luo to use in reshaping her father’s body.
• Lu Li exchanged his remaining gold for high-tier Origin Crystals, while Pan Xiaoxiao watched without complaint.
• Lu Li gave Pan Xiaoxiao several pieces of equipment suited to her, and she felt both humiliated and thrilled by the attention.

Lu Li gave Pan Xiaoxiao two attribute potions, then led the group toward his casino while she endured their painful side effects. The casino had become a refuge for Players, and its Cleaners nervously noticed Lu Li’s return.

• Lu Li offered Pan Xiaoxiao potions that permanently increased Strength and Speed, and she drank both despite his warning about the pain.
• Pan Xiaoxiao put on her new equipment while enduring the potions’ effects, and Lu Li wondered why she seemed to enjoy the pain.
• Lu Li decided to take Pan Xiaoxiao and the others to the [Casino], locating it through the [Casino Property Agreement].
• Players crowded into [Guangguai Luli's Casino], treating it as a safe haven because its rules forbade [Bet Life].
• Qi Zeyu, Fang Tingting, Kai Xin, and Zhang Xuan recognized the Piglet-Masked visitors as Lu Li and hesitated to greet him before Hansel rushed forward.