Recaps

Lu Ye fled from a Moon Jade Realm cultivator who had mistaken him for Fa Wuzun, but the pursuer marked him with a tracking technique and caught up despite repeated escapes. Lu Ye lured him to a Barren Star and blew the Azure Conch just as the cultivator struck him with a massive palm.

• You Ling called out to Lu Ye for help, but he fled aboard his Star Boat while the Moon Jade Realm cultivator recognized the name Fa Wuzun and attacked him.
• The cultivator's golden-rope Magic Treasure cut off strands of Lu Ye's hair; he burned the treasure to create a tracking mark, and You Ling warned Lu Ye that he might be followed.
• Lu Ye realized he was being tracked and repeatedly used Void Spirit Patterns to evade the cultivator, but the pursuer caught up each time.
• Lu Ye decided he had to confront the cultivator and flew to a Barren Star, where he blew the Azure Conch as the pursuer unleashed a gigantic palm strike.

Lu Ye lured the Moon Jade cultivator pursuing him through the Azure Conch doorway and fought him at Sky Conch Hall, where the Merfolk Race’s reinforcements forced the enemy to retreat. Just as the doorway trembled again, You Ling arrived and concealed herself in the Imperial Conch Palace.

• The Moon Jade cultivator followed Lu Ye through the doorway to the Merfolk Race’s territory, and Lu Ye threw the two guards aside before preparing an ambush.
• Lu Ye attacked the arriving cultivator with Tidal Sea Myriad Waves, weakening his strike before the enemy broke through and sent Lu Ye crashing into Sky Conch Hall’s wall.
• Great Elder Yan Miao arrived with other Moon Jade cultivators, prompting the pursuer to abandon his attempt to capture Lu Ye and head back toward the doorway.
• Lu Ye rushed to stop the enemy from escaping, but the doorway began trembling as another person came through.
• You Ling emerged from the doorway and hid herself, and Lu Ye recognized that she had stumbled into the Merfolk Race’s territory.

You Ling stumbled through Lu Ye’s portal into the Merfolk’s territory, where Lu Ye and the Merfolk elders defeated the Moon Jade Realm cultivator pursuing them. Lu Ye returned to Peerless Island, found its Spirit Island project thriving, and learned Chu Shen had run out of Lingyu while building the Grand Array.

• You Ling followed Fa Wuzun through a portal and clashed with the Moon Jade Realm cultivator who had been hunting her.
• Lu Ye seized You Ling, then worked with the Merfolk elders to trap and kill the pursuing cultivator; Bai Lu kept You Ling behind as Lu Ye escaped through the portal.
• Lu Ye healed on a Barren Star, returned to Peerless Island through the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and increased the Small Star Constellation Hall’s seawater-reversal efficiency.
• Lu Ye found Peerless Island growing richer in Starry Sky Energy and noticed passing cultivators watching it; Tang Jun continued overseeing the island’s construction.
• Chu Shen visited Lu Ye and admitted that he had spent all his Lingyu on the Grand Array and needed more.

Lu Ye returned to the Merfolk Race, received the defeated Moonlight Realm cultivator’s Storage Rings, and went to check on You Ling. You Ling escaped her cell by faking her weakness, but Lu Ye let her go, confident she would have to return to him.

• Lu Ye gave Chu Shen five million Lingyu to invest in Peerless Island’s Protective Grand Array, and Chu Shen declined offers to place the island under other factions’ jurisdiction.
• After checking that the Small Star Constellation Hall’s gateway still worked, Lu Ye used the Azure Conch to return to the Merfolk Race’s territory.
• Bai Lu told Lu Ye that the Moonlight Realm cultivator had died and handed him the cultivator’s Storage Rings, which were locked by Restrictions.
• Lu Ye changed his appearance to Fa Wuzun’s and went with Bai Lu to see You Ling, who was imprisoned and appeared gravely weakened.
• When the cell door opened, You Ling sprang up and escaped, but Lu Ye stopped Bai Lu from pursuing her and told You Ling to return when she was ready.

Lu Ye kept You Ling in the Imperial Conch Palace after she failed to escape, then returned to the Star Constellation Hall and Peerless Island. He left most of his Storage Rings in the hall and resumed studying Spiritual Patterns and the little blade inheritance.

• Lu Ye unlocked the Storage Rings taken from the Moonlight Realm cultivators and gave them to Bai Lu as spoils for the Merfolk Race.
• You Ling revealed herself in the cell, asked where she was, and insisted she had followed Lu Ye because she was worried about him.
• Lu Ye gave You Ling healing Spiritual Pills and left her to recover, while warning Bai Lu to keep her away from Bai Shuang.
• Lu Ye apologized to Great Elder Yan Miao and thanked the Merfolk Race before borrowing a Seahorse Star Beast to travel to the Star Constellation Hall.
• Lu Ye stored most of his Storage Rings in the hall, returned through the gateway to Peerless Island, and continued studying Spiritual Patterns and the little blade inheritance.

You Ling tried to escape through Lu Ye’s gateway, but he stopped her and defeated her attacks. After the gateway vanished, Lu Ye warned Bai Lu to keep her away from Bai Shuang and told You Ling they still needed to settle accounts.

• You Ling ambushed Lu Ye as he emerged from the gateway, hoping to escape, but he blocked her path.
• You Ling attacked Lu Ye with close-range strikes and a deadly Secret Technique, but he defended himself and forced her to stop.
• You Ling sat down and wailed that Lu Ye was bullying her, then stopped when he threatened to keep her there forever.
• Bai Lu and the merfolk elders arrived, and Lu Ye explained that no outside enemy had attacked before the gateway faded.
• Lu Ye told Bai Lu to keep You Ling away from Bai Shuang, then reminded You Ling that she still had to answer for diverting disaster eastward.

Lu Ye sought a way to keep You Ling from revealing the Merfolk Race’s secrets without imprisoning or controlling her, and Bai Lu offered a solution. The chapter ended with Bai Lu asking You Ling to drink a mixture that would make them sisters in life and death.

• You Ling agreed to inscribe her Conceal Breath Ghost Pattern on a jade board for Lu Ye to examine.
• Lu Ye worried that You Ling might expose the secret gateway, while Bai Lu recognized his dilemma and proposed a solution.
• Bai Lu summoned twin merfolk, took a drop of blood from You Ling and herself, and used it with their matching Golden Conches to create a golden liquid.
• Bai Lu drank half the liquid and told Lu Ye to make You Ling drink the rest.
• Lu Ye told You Ling that drinking it would make her Bai Lu’s sister in life and death, but You Ling had not yet agreed.

Bai Lu bound You Ling’s life to hers with the Golden Conches, forcing the two women to share every injury and death. After You Ling tried to exploit the bond to make Lu Ye take her away, Bai Lu subdued her and revealed that cultivating together would also increase their cultivation efficiency, while Lu Ye warned Bai Lu to consult him before making such a choice again.

• You Ling drank the Golden Conch’s contents, and a golden spiral mark appeared on her arm, matching Bai Lu’s mark.
• Bai Lu injured herself to demonstrate that You Ling would receive the same wounds, then explained that the marks linked their lives and could be removed only if both agreed.
• You Ling threatened to injure herself to force Lu Ye to take her away, but Bai Lu calmly threatened a potentially fatal wound until You Ling backed down.
• Bai Lu used the Enlightenment Art and told You Ling that cultivating together would greatly increase their efficiency, leaving You Ling calm and expectant.
• Lu Ye told Bai Lu to discuss any similar decision with him first.

Lu Ye collected You Ling from the Merfolk Race’s territory after she changed her mind and wanted to keep cultivating with Bai Lu. He took her to Peerless Island instead, where she reluctantly set out to join the island’s people while hoping to return to the merfolk territory someday.

• You Ling finished engraving the Ghost Pattern, and Lu Ye decided to study the Life Essence Technique’s Spiritual Pattern after completing his Breath Concealment Spirit Pattern deduction.
• Lu Ye left the Merfolk Race’s territory, bought a high-quality Star Boat from Cao Xiang, and waited on a Barren Star until the Azure Conch could be used again.
• When Lu Ye returned to Sky Conch Hall, You Ling asked to stay and cultivate with Bai Lu for another half year, but Lu Ye threw her through the portal and took her away.
• Lu Ye defeated You Ling when she attacked him, then used her Star Map to direct her to Peerless Island and told her to join its people.
• You Ling reluctantly summoned her Star Boat and headed toward the remote Barren Island, hoping that doing so would eventually help her return to the Merfolk Race’s territory.

You Ling arrived at Peerless Island after Fa Wuzun sent her and discovered that it had become a medium Spirit Island under Chu Shen’s leadership. Chu Shen explained that its revival had begun only about a month earlier, leaving You Ling stunned by how quickly it had changed.

• You Ling reached Peerless Island and found Ghost Cultivators watching it from nearby, then contacted Chu Shen with a Sound Talisman.
• Chu Shen opened a gap in the island’s Grand Array, and You Ling entered and sensed dense Starry Sky Energy.
• You Ling realized Peerless Island was a medium Spirit Island and wondered how Chu Shen’s small force had occupied it.
• You Ling met Chu Shen in the Guest Hall and told him that Fa Wuzun had sent her.
• Chu Shen said Peerless Island had been a Barren Island that began reviving after his group arrived, about a month earlier.
• You Ling stared at Chu Shen in disbelief at the island’s extraordinarily rapid transformation.

You Ling discovered that Peerless Island had become a medium-grade Spirit Island and decided to settle there, bringing a powerful friend with her. While exploring, she found Li Taibai in a cave and became convinced he was Fa Wuzun, but a reply from Fa Wuzun’s Sound Talisman left her uncertain.

• Chu Shen told You Ling that Peerless Island’s energy was rising daily and that it might eventually become a top-grade Spirit Island.
• You Ling decided to gain a foothold on Peerless Island and asked Chu Shen to accept her friend, who had a higher Accumulation Board rank than she did.
• You Ling found a restricted cave and confronted Li Taibai, mistaking him for Fa Wuzun before recognizing him as Li Taibai.
• You Ling noticed Li Taibai resembled Fa Wuzun and accused him of being Fa Wuzun in disguise.
• You Ling contacted Fa Wuzun with her Sound Talisman and received a reply, leaving her unsure whether Li Taibai and Fa Wuzun were the same person.

Lu Ye prepared for the threat to Peerless Island as Chu Shen organized its defense and Pu Ke joined them. The chapter ended with Koi Island’s Nan Xingzhen demanding that Chu Shen give up Peerless Island.

• You Ling invited Pu Ke to Peerless Island, and Lu Ye’s Clone used Fa Wuzun’s Sound Talisman to dispel her suspicions about Li Taibai.
• Chu Shen warned Lu Ye that Peerless Island might be attacked, and Lu Ye gave him Formation Plates to support its defense.
• Pu Ke arrived, learned of Peerless Island’s potential, and decided to stay.
• Nan Xingzhen led more than a hundred cultivators from Koi Island to Peerless Island and triggered its Protective Grand Array.
• Chu Shen identified himself as Peerless Island’s Island Master, and Nan Xingzhen demanded that he yield the island to Koi Island.

Chu Shen allowed most of Peerless Palace’s recruited cultivators to leave before Nan Xingzhen’s forces attacked Peerless Island. As the Protective Grand Array endured the assault, Lu Ye and his companions prepared to confront the enemy’s Moon Jade Realm woman, while Chu Shen organized a counterattack.

• Chu Shen defied Nan Xingzhen and offered the recruited cultivators a chance to leave, and more than half withdrew from Peerless Island.
• Seven recruited cultivators and Ban Ci chose to stay, and Chu Shen welcomed them as allies who would share life and death.
• Nan Xingzhen ordered his cultivators to attack the Protective Grand Array, which withstood their blows.
• Lu Ye showed You Ling and Pu Ke a Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate, and they agreed Lu Ye would lead their fight against the Moon Jade Realm Early Stage woman.
• Chu Shen distributed Formation Plates among the remaining defenders and sent them to the Array Eyes to counterattack.

Wushuang Island counterattacked Koi Island’s siege with offensive formations, while Tang Jun and Lu Ye’s group joined the battle against the invaders. The fight continued as Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling cut through the enemy Star Constellation cultivators.

• Chu Shen divided fourteen Star Constellation Realm Early Stage cultivators into three squads to activate the island’s offensive formations.
• Nan Xingzhen blocked the first attack, a Moon Jade Realm woman stopped the second, and the third’s invisible sound attack sent an invader plunging toward the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
• Tang Jun warned Ban Ci to protect Wushuang Island, then flew to fight Nan Xingzhen as Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling went after the other Moon Jade Realm cultivator.
• Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling formed a Three Powers Formation, and Lu Ye killed a charging Body Cultivator with a saber strike.
• Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling swept through the remaining Star Constellation cultivators, killing several with ease.

Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling struggled against the Moon Jade Realm woman’s seal while Koi Island’s assault threatened Peerless Island’s defenses. Ban Ci intervened to trap the woman, letting Lu Ye send the seal into the Myriad Phenomena Sea and lead the counterattack, leaving Koi Island’s forces collapsing as distant observers watched.

• The Moon Jade Realm woman used her seal to repeatedly bind Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling while Koi Island battered Peerless Island’s Protective Grand Array.
• Chu Shen saw Ban Ci advance alone toward the woman, who pierced Ban Ci twice but was astonished when the wounds showed no blood and did not slow her.
• Lu Ye loaded the Crag Mountain Saber with Heavy Pressure Spirit Patterns and struck the seal into the Myriad Phenomena Sea as Ban Ci’s strange black sphere swallowed her and the Moon Jade Realm woman.
• With the woman and seal out of the battle, Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling charged Koi Island’s cultivators and killed them in a devastating counterattack.
• Cultivators watching from afar were shocked as Koi Island’s ranks collapsed, and some recognized Pu Ke and You Ling as Accumulation Board experts.

Lu Ye and his allies repelled Koi Island’s attack on Peerless Island, though Ban Ci was gravely injured after trapping a Moon Jade Realm cultivator. After the battle, Lu Ye gave Tang Jun nearly a million Lingyu to buy better Magic Treasures.

• Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling cut down Koi Island’s Star Constellations until Nan Xingzhen ordered a retreat.
• Ban Ci’s black sphere shattered, freeing the Moon Jade Realm woman, who attacked the weakened Ban Ci.
• Lu Ye blocked the woman’s spell with his saber and advanced until Nan Xingzhen withdrew; the woman left soon after.
• Chu Shen celebrated Peerless Island’s survival while the survivors rested and Chu Shen thanked Ban Ci.
• Tang Jun lamented that Nan Xingzhen had outmatched him, and Lu Ye gave him a Storage Ring containing nearly a million Lingyu to buy better Magic Treasures.

Lu Ye backed Tang Jun with Lingyu to buy Magic Treasures and approved Chu Shen’s plans to recruit for Peerless Island, while they questioned Ban Ci’s mysterious strength and motives. The island began attracting applicants, but Chu Shen reserved its limited Moon Jade Realm places for trusted allies.

• Lu Ye lent Tang Jun a million Lingyu to buy Magic Treasures, and Tang Jun departed for Myriad Phenomena Island.
• Chu Shen asked to recruit more cultivators, and Lu Ye approved his plan to spread the word and screen applicants.
• Lu Ye and Chu Shen discussed Ban Ci’s powerful performance and wondered whether she had been sent to protect Chu Shen by his mother.
• You Ling told Pu Ke that Li Taibai resembled Fa Wuzun, but said she had confirmed they were not the same person by contacting Fa Wuzun with a Sound Talisman.
• Chu Shen began receiving applicants for Peerless Island, retaining suitable Star Constellations and refusing Moon Jade Realm cultivators to reserve those places for his allies.

Lu Ye learned that the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association would auction Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal, the rare material needed to upgrade his Crag Mountain Saber into a Magic Treasure. He traveled to Myriad Phenomena Island, qualified for the auction, and planned to visit the Open Market before it began.

• Lu Ye continued deducing the Life Essence Technique into a Spiritual Pattern while his Clone stayed outside to keep You Ling from exposing his disguise.
• Cao Xiang told Lu Ye that the Merchant Association would auction Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal, and Lu Ye decided to bid on the material with his Lingyu.
• Lu Ye left Peerless Island for Myriad Phenomena Island, changing his appearance and putting away the Crag Mountain Saber along the way.
• At the Merchant Association, Lu Ye verified his assets with ten million Lingyu and received the Ding Nine token for the auction.
• With a day remaining before the auction, Lu Ye set out for the Open Market to check whether An Zhe had returned and to buy Fire Attribute treasures.

Lu Ye bought a lone Medical Cultivator’s stock of high-quality Spiritual Pills, then entered the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association’s auction in the Ding Nine private chamber. The auction began as Ninth Steward Yu Xiuzhai introduced himself to the assembled cultivators.

• Lu Ye found An Zhe absent from his usual stall and spent several million Lingyu on Fire Attribute treasures.
• Lu Ye bought all the Spiritual Pills from a lone Medical Cultivator, then used the Talent Tree to confirm their quality was excellent.
• Lu Ye entered the auction through the special entrance with his Ding Nine Token and settled into a private chamber overlooking the hall.
• Lu Ye saw that at least three thousand cultivators had gathered in the auction hall.
• The auction hall dimmed, and Yu Xiuzhai appeared on the platform and introduced himself as the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association’s Ninth Steward and the auction’s presiding host.

Lu Ye attended the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association auction, winning a Sky-Rending Arrow and buying several other items before trying to conserve his remaining Lingyu for a Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal. The auction then revealed a captive Soul Race woman, leaving Lu Ye astonished as bidding was about to begin.

• Yu Xiuzhai opened the auction with thirty bottles of Supreme Spirit-Replenishing Pills, which a bidder in Private Room C-4 won at a high price.
• Lu Ye bid against other buyers for the Sky-Rending Arrow and won it for one million eight hundred thousand Lingyu.
• Lu Ye collected the Sky-Rending Arrow, then bought several more items before realizing he had spent nearly ten million Lingyu and deciding to stop bidding until the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal appeared.
• Yu Xiuzhai revealed a woman inside a cage by activating the treasure that had concealed her from view.
• Yu Xiuzhai identified the captive as a rare Soul Race woman and invited the audience to bid without a reserve price.

Lu Ye spent thirty-two million Lingyu to win a Soul Race woman, hoping to learn how to help the trapped heroes in Immortal Yuan City. He then bid on the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal, but stopped when Wufang Island’s representative drove its price to twenty million.

• Lu Ye and Wufang Island’s representative in private room A-6 competed for the Soul Race woman, and Lu Ye won her for thirty-two million Lingyu.
• The middle-aged man in A-6 tried to persuade Lu Ye to yield the Soul Race woman, but Yu Xiuzhai warned him to stop breaking the auction rules.
• Lu Ye received the Soul Race woman and Jade Token, opened her cage, and told her he wanted her help after the auction.
• Lu Ye began bidding on the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal, and the middle-aged man in A-6 raised the price to spite him.
• When A-6 bid twenty million Lingyu for the crystal, Lu Ye stopped bidding, leaving A-6 the winner.

After losing the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal at auction, Lu Ye left with the Soul Race woman he had bought and resisted her attempt to escape by invading his Divine Sea. He returned to Peerless Island, where Chu Shen continued looking for ways to fund the island’s growth.

• Lu Ye left the auction after Room Jia Six drove the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal’s price beyond his means, then departed with the invisible Soul Race woman aboard his Star Boat.
• The Soul Race woman invaded Lu Ye’s Divine Sea and used his own Divine Soul Power to attack him, demanding that he remove her restriction.
• Lu Ye first defended himself with the Soul Suppressing Tower, then revealed a powerful warship-shaped Soul Artifact that overwhelmed her assault.
• The woman withdrew from Lu Ye’s Divine Sea after realizing she could not defeat him, and Lu Ye returned with her to Peerless Island.
• Peerless Island had recruited nearly a hundred cultivators, including thirteen at the Star Constellation Realm Late Stage, while Chu Shen struggled to find income to support the island’s development.

Chu Shen proposed turning Peerless Island into a commercial Spirit Island, and Lu Ye agreed to supply a limited number of Formation Plates to attract customers. As Peerless Island prepared to open its shops, Lu Ye stayed in his cave refining Formation Plates and working with the Soul Race woman.

• Chu Shen told Lu Ye that Peerless Island needed income and proposed inviting factions to open shops there, using Formation Plates to draw customers.
• Lu Ye agreed to provide Formation Plates for sale at a controlled rate and warned Chu Shen not to neglect his cultivation.
• Lu Ye asked Chu Shen to seek out a woman selling Spiritual Pills in the Open Market and try to recruit her.
• Lu Ye asked the silent Soul Race woman what he should call her, then resumed his cultivation and Formation Plate production.
• Lu Ye sent You Ling to the Mermaid Territory to cultivate with Bai Lu after arranging their meeting through his Clone.
• Chu Shen divided Peerless Island into private and public sections and made progress arranging shops with other factions.

Lu Ye agreed to accompany Ban Ci to a Secret Realm where she planned to transform her Spiritual Power, accepting Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal as his reward. Before setting out, he brought the Soul Race woman to Sky Conch Hall and summoned the Great Elder, Yan Miao.

• Lu Ye continued deducing Spiritual Patterns and made progress on the Life Essence Technique while the silent Soul Race woman stayed beside him.
• Ban Ci visited Lu Ye and offered him Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal to accompany her to a Secret Realm.
• Ban Ci explained that she needed protection while using the Secret Realm’s power to transform her Spiritual Power in preparation for advancing to the Moon Jade Realm.
• Lu Ye agreed to go with Ban Ci and decided to leave the Soul Race woman somewhere safe before their journey.
• Lu Ye took the Soul Race woman through the Azure Conch portal to Sky Conch Hall, where Yan Miao arrived after sensing them.

Lu Ye traveled with Ban Ci through an Insect Path to an unnamed star system, where they discovered a small Human Race realm devastated by Heavenly Desire Demonic Spiders. After slaughtering the swarms, Lu Ye and Ban Ci found one surviving little girl hiding in a ruined village.

• Yan Miao agreed to watch over the Soul Race woman while Lu Ye left, and Lu Ye arranged to meet Ban Ci before departing the Barren Star.
• Lu Ye and Ban Ci traveled for a month, entered an unguarded Insect Path, and reached an unnamed star system with few powerful cultivators.
• Ban Ci and Lu Ye found a Human Race city full of dried corpses and identified Heavenly Desire Demonic Spider silk as evidence of a spider swarm's attack.
• Lu Ye searched the realm and slaughtered the Demonic Spider swarms he encountered while Ban Ci fought elsewhere.
• Lu Ye reunited with Ban Ci in a ruined village, where she told him a traumatized little girl was hiding inside; Lu Ye sensed that the child was alive and went to find her.